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Up to a hundred weavers, artisans and embroiderers are known to have worked in Dar al-Kiswah at any given time. One section of the workshop, the qism al-zarkashah, was responsible for embroidering the textiles that were sent to Mecca every year to coincide with the season of Hajj. Many of the embroiderers were members of the same family. They often started working there as young boys and remained until they retired. In the 1930s, at least 60 were employed in the embroidery section, with an average age of about 65. The photographs are of some of the employees working in the embroidery section at Dar al-Kiswah. It is not known when they were assembled, but it is likely to have been sometime around the 1930s or 1940. They have been identified in the accompanying caption as follows.
Row 2 – 1. 'Abd al-Salam al-Hilu; 2. Muhamad Sulayman Khalaf; 3. 'Ali Isma'il Muharram; 4. 'Abd al-Salam Isma'il Muharram (3 & 4 are brothers); 5. Muhammad Mustafa Sami; 6. Husayn Muhammad Mustafa.
Row 3 – 1. 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Gumrukshi; 2. Mahmud 'Ali Hasan; 3. (unidentified); 4. Husayn al-Layti.
Row 4 – 1. Hasan al-Layti (brother of 4. above); 2. Yusuf Asil; 3. Sa'id Amin; 4. Ahmad 'Abd al-Ghani (?); 5. Muhammad Fu'ad.
Row 5 – 1. Muhammad Hasan al-Mazziki; 2. Yusuf Hasan; 3. Ahmad Badawi; 4. Muhammad Hasan al-Sabbak; 5. Muhammad Rifa'i; 6. (unidentified).
The Khalili Collections
London
Title
The Employees of Dar al-Kiswah
Date
first half of the 20th C
Medium
27 passport photographs, pasted on paper & backed on card
Accession number
989
Work type
Photograph
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