Engineer Munir Sarri Al-Jundi, who designed the doors of the Holy Kaaba in the 1970s, died on Saturday. A prominent Saudi geologist, Badr Badrah, shared news of Al-Jundi’s demise, along with an image of the doors he worked on.
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Al-Jundi was chosen to design the doors of the Kaaba during the reign of King Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during the 1970s. It is believed that King Khalid assigned the Badr family in Makkah to manufacture the new doors. Sheikh Mahmoud Badr and his son headed the project.
Saudi King, Shah Khalid, had offered prayers inside the Baitullah at the time, after which he had instructed to make the door of the Kaaba out of pure gold.
An official at the time said, “It was designed by engineer Munir Al-Jundi, and its lines were made by Sheikh Abdul Rahim Bukhari. Its height is more than three meters, its width is approximately two meters, its depth is half a meter, and it consists of two bookends and a wooden base 10 cm thick of teak wood.”
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Moreover, Al-Jundi was honored as a designer by having his name inscribed on the door of Baitullah.
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