the teak staircase of the Holy Ka'aba, manufactured in 1240H. In a photograph of the time when it was in use, it can be glimpsed behind the ZamZam building. Just a few steps to the right from the staircase is the oldest piece in the exhibition - the brass head of the pulpit made in the era of Sultan Sulaiman Al-Qanoony. Also on exhibit are one of the pillars of the Holy Ka'aba with its wooden base and crown dating back to the construction by Abdullah Ibn Al-Zubair in 65H, a rock base that was holding the pillar, a brass crescent from 1299H, the crescent of the main minaret of the Prophet's Mosque from the early 10th century Hijira, and a copper fence which used to be on one of the windows of the Prophet's Mosque, dating back to the Saudi Era. The library section of the Makkah and Madinah mosques has some rare Qur'an copies and manuscripts. --MORE
