Kiswah made by Egypt From the time of the Ayubids, precisely during the regin of the As-Salih Ayyub, the kiswa was being manufactured in Egypt. It was being sent in a huge annual parade before the hajj season. Material for the kiswah was brought from Sudan, India, Egypt and Iraq. The tradition continued until the 1960s where King Abd Al Aziz Bin Saud established the kiswah factory. This decision was influenced by the worsening relations between the Nasser regime of Egypt and the government of Saudi Arabia in addition to the worsening quality of the Egyptian made kiswah.
Kiswah in the Saudi reign King Abd Al Aziz Bin Saud, concerned for the custody of the Two holy Mosques, ordered that a factory for manufacturing the Kiswah and in the same year, the Holy Kabah Kiswah factory was founded, and the first Kiswah was produced.
The House of ALLAH in Makkah. The Kaa'ba is covered by a black cloth known as 'Kiswa', which is produced & changed every year. Special factory designed for the making of Kiswa in Makkah. It costs approx. SR 17 million.The cloth is made of 670kgs of silver dyed black, about 120kgs of pure gold & 50kgs of silver used in writing the Qur'anic verses over the cloth. The total area of the cloth is 658 sqr meter.