A niche in one of the walls, called a mihrab, shows the direction that the worshippers should face in order to face Mecca. |
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The opening is in the shape of the mihrab, and it is covered with Arabic script and flower patterns. |
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Wispy-bearded men prayed before the mihrab, an extravagance of inlaid, multicoloured stone. |
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The mosque contains, in its eastern wall, the mihrab, an ornamented niche that points toward Mecca and toward Allah. |
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According to the book, the area of this mosque is 30x15 feet and its mihrab and musalla are still intact. |
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Inside the mosque, a niche called mihrab orients the worshippers toward Mecca. |
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In 1549, Jafar founded Kudus Mosque and fastened the rock in its mihrab, a niche in the mosque wall facing Mecca. |
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Four of the mihrab niches have diamond-motifs in their lower section, ornamented with motifs like arrowheads pointing in four directions. |
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In the qibla wall there is a mihrab which has been hewn from the rock and panelled with polychrome marble. |
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In a mosque, the qiblah is indicated by the mihrab, a niche in the mosque's interior wall facing Mecca. |
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The facade of the mihrab is rectangular in form and at the centre it has a rectangular opening, crowned by a pointed arch. |
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The mihrab was preceded by a dome and flanked by two doors that led into a room at the back. |
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The mosaics in the cupola in front of the mihrab make it particularly beautiful. |
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The meeting of the central nave with the bay along the qibla wall forms a square area in front of the mihrab. |
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This mihrab is the earliest dated piece on which this decorative component appears. |
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Before kneeling, the user places the rug so that the mihrab is facing Mecca. |
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Most prayer rugs also have a mihrab, a segment of the design shaped like a niche. |
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The mihrab of this complex contains panels decorated with arches very similar to the arches on this panel. |
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Despite its simple and modest architecture it bears magnificent decorative elements seen particularly clearly in the ceiling, the mihrab and minbar. |
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A mihrab, showing the direction of Mecca, was built in the Bel temple, indicating that for a time it was a mosque. |
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The square area defined by arches in front of the mihrab is covered by a dome supported on pendentives. |
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The central roof, which is slightly larger than the rest, is broken up by a domed or cloister vault that rises above the mihrab. |
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The two buildings are connected by a passageway created by the removal of part of the mihrab of the mosque. |
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As time progressed, domes grew, from occupying a small part of the roof near the mihrab to encompassing the whole roof above the prayer hall. |
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The mihrab is surmounted by a dome with fluted squinches. At the northeast corner rises an elegant minaret which is reminiscent of that of the Great Mosque at Tlemcen and the Kasbah Mosque in Tunis. |
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In this form, it resembles the tomb of Jesus in the middle of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. To the south of the grave there is a large undecorated mihrab crowned by a dome. |
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One of these rooms is laid out as a prayer room with a very simple mihrab. |
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The mihrab niche in the middle of the south wall is rectangular. |
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The mihrab is without any kind of decoration. |
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Most sections of the mosque were not roof-covered except for the area close to the mihrab, which was preceded by arcades resting on a series of columns. |
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The iwan also includes a decorated mihrab ornamented with polychrome marble and gilded inscriptions, considered to be one of the most beautiful mihrabs in Egypt. |
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The 2008 grant allowed for repairs and restoration of the mosque's roof, ceiling, doors and windows as well as the mihrab, the ornate alcove that indicates the direction of Mecca. |
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A small prayer niche, mihrab, was carved in the tomb chamber. |
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A mihrab, also spelled as mehrab is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla. |
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In the qiblah wall, usually at its center, is the mihrab, a niche or depression indicating the direction of Mecca. |
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The mihrab serves as the location where the imam leads the five daily prayers on a regular basis. |
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The mihrab paintings were restored by a conservationist and placed back in their original location. |
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The prayer hall has a small mihrab, a simple pulpit, arches and openings. |
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Commenting on the niche or mihrab in mosques, he said the design was meant to indicate the direction of prayer towards Mecca and amplify the voice of the prayer leader. |
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Moreover, an inscription is seen within the Mihrab designed by Haji Shoja Isfahani. |
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The mosque was built with only one dome on its roof, which now lies above the Minbar and Mihrab. |
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