Of rectangular form, the black field with applied thick silver and gilt embroidery forming calligraphic cartouches surrounding an inner mihrab with columns and mosque lamp .The outer border is embellished in gilt and silver wires with a design of floral motifs. Two roundels of foliage scrolls at the top enclosing klimaat al-Tawhid. The hanging lamp, in mirrored inscriptions of v. 35 from surah al-Nur, surrounded by a panel enclosing on a green ground v.45-v.46 from surah al-Ahzab embroidered in gilt wires. At the centre a large embroidery in gilt wires of the the word "Allah"in kufic script, surrounded by a panel enclosing Ayat al-Kursi from surah al-Baqraa in silver wires on a red ground. A panel at the bottom of the inner columns an inscription in gilt wires on a green ground read " amara bi-'amal hadha al-sitara al-mubaraka, mawlana al-sultan Mahmud khan bin Abdul Hamid khan, Sultan Mahmud II ordered this blessed covering (sitara) to be made' in 1247 AH/1831 AD, therefore refer to Mahmud II (r.1785 –1839 AD). The Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) in Medina is, as the final resting place of Muhammad, the second holiest mosque in Islam. The interior walls of the Shrine of the Prophet Muhammad (rawda) within the mosque were historically covered in textiles similar to those of the Kaaba in Mecca. However, unlike the Meccan Kiswa, they were changed considerably less frequently than once a year, and were often made in Ottoman Turkey rather than Egypt.135 by 265 cm