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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

which makes the mihrab the focal point of the prayer hall.   No additional mihrabs exist in Kaman Mosque except for one small auxiliary mihrab on the upper...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ali ibn Yusuf. Among other things, the celebrated dome near the mosque's mihrab dates from this renovation, which an inscription below the dome indicates...

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...

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...

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...

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...

elements. It includes the classic components of a mosque: minaret, dome, and mihrab. However, their presentation is innovative. The architecture aims to incorporate...

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...

door on the left side of the mihrab. Historically, the first Kutubiyya Mosque also had a private entrance next to the mihrab which was used by the ruler...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...