Mihrab information

Mihrab (Arabic: محراب, miḥrāb, pl. محاريب maḥārīb) is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards...

expansion, he pulled down the mosque and rebuilt it with the exception of the mihrab. It was under his auspices that the construction of the minaret began. In...

Four mihrabs line the sanctuary's rear wall, the main one being the Great Mihrab which is located roughly at the center of the wall. The Mihrab of the...

known in Arabic as Miḥrāb Dāwūd, lit. 'David's miḥrāb (prayer place)'. Note that there is also another mihrab (prayer niche) called Miḥrāb Dāwūd, built into...

enough to enter for a full evaluation. The extent of damage to the historic mihrab is not yet known as it was obscured by the debris of the collapsed roof...

Mihrab Khan (died 1649) was a military commander in Safavid Iran. A member of the Mirimanidze clan, he is first mentioned as serving as the governor of...

The portable mihrab from the Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya dates to the Fatimid period and is crafted entirely from wood. It is notable both because of its...

The Mihrab in the Mosque of Cordoba...

inside. View of the Chamber of the Mihrab (the mihrab is on the left) The doorway from the Chamber of the Mihrab to the Chamber of the Twelve Columns...

It is typical of mosque buildings to have a special ornamental niche (a mihrab) set into the wall in the direction of the city of Mecca (the qibla), which...

extends up to the tower 170 feet in height. There are six prayer niches (mihrab) at the mosque, five of which are flat as opposed to the main concave niche...

the Governor of Qatar and Bahrain at the time. Mihrab slab was a limestone slab, in the form of a mihrab. The slab was discovered during restoration works...

followers in Medina faced Jerusalem for prayers. Most mosques contain a mihrab (a wall niche) that indicates the direction of the qibla. The qibla is also...

of San Juan: former site of the city's Great Mosque, with an Almohad-era mihrab still preserved: 92–93  Antequera Alcazaba Árchez Church of Nuestra Señora...

made of stucco. The mihrab of the mausoleum is often considered as the most lavish of its kind. This is in contrast to the mihrab of the madrasa, which...

stucco mihrab of Uljaytu (1310) in the Ilkhanid prayer hall Details of the mihrab Tranverse vault ceiling in the Ilkhanid prayer hall Mihrab and prayer...

stucco. The frame of the mihrab itself was decorated with stucco panels with geometric designs. The interior of the mihrab apse was decorated with triangular...

mosques only contain a singular mihrab, the Kusumba mosque is unique because it has multiple mihrabs. These mihrabs are made of the same stone as the...

Umayyads were the first to add the mihrab to mosque design, a concave niche in the qibla wall of the mosque. The first mihrab reportedly appeared at Muhammad's...