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mihrab
‖ mihrab (mɪxˈrɑːb) Also 9 mehhra'b, mehrab, mehreb, mirhab. [Arab. miḥrāb praying-place.] 1. A niche, chamber, or slab in a mosque, indicating the direction of Mecca. Cf. kiblah.1816 H. M. Williams tr. Ali Bey's Travels II. xvi. 217 In the wall at the end of the nave is the mehreb or niche where th...
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Mihrab
The oldest surviving concave mihrab today is a marble mihrab housed at the Iraq Museum. This style of mihrab set a standard for other mihrab construction in the region.
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Mihrab (painting)
Mihrab (), also known as Genesis () is a 1901 painting by Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey. Behind the woman is a tiled mihrab (a niche indicating the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca).
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Mihrab Khan
Mihrab Khan (died 1649) was a military commander in Safavid Iran.
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Meydan Mosque, Kashan
The mihrab was in its original place until the last century, but it is kept now in the Museum of Islamic art in Berlin. Abd ol-Ghaffar Najm od-Dole predicted well in 1882 the future of the mihrab as follows:
"The embossed tiles, which I saw in the mihrab of Meydan mosque
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Al-Burtasi Mosque
Interior
The qibla wall is lined with marble, with the mihrab in the center. The mihrab is decorated with glass mosaic, which is rare for mosques in Tripoli.
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Grand Mosque of Kubang Putih
The mihrab has four pillars, the pulpit is built out of concrete.
The mosque is surrounded with a gallery. The west gallery is separated by the space for the mihrab which protrudes outward, right at the center of the long porch.
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Queen Arwa Mosque
Mihrab
The mihrab is located in the middle of the wall of the qiblah at the northern hallway. On the side of the mihrab there is an inscription written in kufic of script from Surah At-Taubah 18.
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Anaza
It was typically aligned with the central mihrab axis of the mosque. This anaza had the function of serving as a mihrab for prayers conducted in the courtyard.
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Grand Mosque of Meknes
The mihrab itself is decorated with carved and painted stucco and dates from the remodeling under Moulay Ismail (ruled 1672–1727). Its opening is also covered by an ornate wooden screen with mihrab motifs, called the anaza, which acts as an outdoor or "summer" mihrab for prayers taking
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Iplikçi Mosque
The present-day mihrab is decorated in a baroque 19th-century style, but the remains of the original Seljuk-era mihrab are visible on the floor beneath The three domes supporting the roof from the central main door of the mosque to the mihrab are rare Seljuk examples of oval-shaped domes.
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Great Mosque of Monastir
It is from this period that the development of the mihrab begun. Decorated with Zirid-style motifs, the mihrab consists of a semicylindrical niche with a rib-shaped vault.
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Jama Mosque, Bijapur
The addition of murals near the mosque's central mihrab was probably made by Muhammad Adil Shah. Gilded and decorated in blue, black and gold, the mihrab features varied imagery, and is dominated by Quranic epigraphy.
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Muradiye Mosque, Edirne
Mihrab
The exceptionally large rectangular mihrab is formed of moulded polychrome tiles. Masters of Tabriz
The style of the polychrome cuerda seca tilework of the mihrab is strikingly similar to that of the mihrab in the Yeşil Mosque (built
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Tinmal Mosque
The mihrab
The mihrab (niche symbolizing the qibla), situated in the middle of the southern wall, is similar in form and decoration to that of the Kutubiyya The tradition of a mihrab composed of a Unlike the Kutubiyya Mosque, the decorative capitals of the engaged columns around the mihrab are carved from stucco
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