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...

(finished in 958) and his son al-Hakam II added a richly-decorated new mihrab and maqsurah section (finished in 971). The mosque was converted to a cathedral...

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...

Mihrab (Turkish: Mihrap), also known as Genesis (French: La Genèse) is a 1901 painting by Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey. The painting was first exhibited...

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...

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...

Muhammad's, and it acts as the functional mihrab, whereas Muhammad's mihrab is a "commemorative" mihrab. Besides the mihrab, the mosque also has other niches...

wall and its mihrab untouched. The mihrab was described by K. A. C. Creswell as being "one of the finest in Cairo". The niche of the mihrab is 1.13 meters...

geometric designs, which cover not only the façade of the porch but also the mihrab, minbar and walls. There are approximately 2300 tiles arranged in around...

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...

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...

Ayatollah al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Muhsin al-Hakim at-Tabataba'i (8 July 1939 – 29 August 2003; Arabic: السيد محمد باقر محسن الحكيم الطباطبائي), also known...

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...

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...

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...

(623 CE) and is one of the few mosques in the world to have contained two mihrabs (niches indicating the qibla) in different directions. In 1987, during...

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...

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...

List of the Martyr al-Mehraab and the Independent Forces, (Arabic: قائمة شهيد المحراب والقوى المستقلة), commonly known as the al-Mehraab Martyr List was...

natural light. The tiles on either side of the mihrab are excellent examples of Iznik tilework. The mihrab itself is made of marble and is a good example...

portable mihrab that came from the Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya. It is shaped like a niche with a pointed arch. The outer façade of the mihrab is decorated...

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...

iconic sculpture who has "come alive" with miraculous immediacy. In Iran, a Mihrab is a type of niche in the wall of a mosque at the point nearest to Mecca...

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...

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...

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...

exterior (northeast side) Interior of the prayer hall, looking towards the mihrab View of the semi-domes around the central dome One of the side aisles of...