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Examples of mihrab
mihrab
The niche of the mihrab is two meters long, 4.5 meters high and 1.6 meters deep.
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Above the mihrab a honeycombed octagonal dome hovered like a cosmic jellyfish.
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Most mosques contain a wall niche, known as mihrab, that indicates the Qiblah.
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In the prayer hall, each of the three towers in the qibla wall has a niche or mihrab.
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The iman conducts the prayers from the mihrab in the larger central tower.
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At the same time a new sultan's gallery and a new mihrab were built inside.
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A mihrab or niche on an inside wall indicating the direction to Mecca.
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Mecca is east-southeast of the mosque, but the mihrab points south.
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In exceptional cases, the mihrab does not follow the qibla direction.
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- (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca
- (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
- Typical design of a prayer rug derived from the niche or chamber in a mosque.
- The prayer niche in a mosque represented by the arch in a prayer rug.
- A small cavity in the wall of a mosque that shows worshippers what direction to face during prayer.
- Niche or chamber in the front part of mosque where the imam (leader) leads prayers and khatib (preacher) gives the sermon.
- S should not be confused with the minbar, which is the raised platform from which an Imam (leader of prayer) addresses the congregation.
- This design has the prayer arch of an Islamic mosque in the rug's field.
- An Arabic word for a niche in a mosque or a community prayer hall to indicate the direction of Mecca. It also refers to the pointed arch-like form in a sedjadeh or prayer rug.
