Content: Banu Shayba, an old Meccan family who had charge of the Ka‘ba [kabah] since pre-Islamic times; traditional custodians of the Ka‘ba [Ka‘bah].

Physical Description

Extent: 34.5 x 24.5 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 1452358
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14091054
Library of Congress Control Number: 05010097 //r
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2c6d5bb0-c6cd-012f-10a6-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1888

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MLA format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Thorhüter der Ka‘ba [Ka‘bah] (aus der Schêbah-Familie [Bani Shaybî], die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat)." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1888 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c6d5bb0-c6cd-012f-10a6-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1888 - 1889). Thorhüter der Ka‘ba [Ka‘bah] (aus der Schêbah-Familie [Bani Shaybî], die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat). Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c6d5bb0-c6cd-012f-10a6-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Thorhüter der Ka‘ba [Ka‘bah] (aus der Schêbah-Familie [Bani Shaybî], die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat)." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c6d5bb0-c6cd-012f-10a6-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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