Mihrab

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Mihrab and Minbar in the Great Mosque in Aleppo, Syria

The Mihrab (Arabic: محراب pl. محاريبcode: ar is deprecated ) is a niche in the wall of a mosque. It indicates the qibla (the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, the direction that Muslims should face when praying). The wall in which a mihrab appears is the "qibla wall."

Mihrab Media

• Mihrab in the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

• Mihrab from al-Khasiki Mosque in Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid, 192 AH, Iraq Museum.jpg

  Mihrab from al-Khasiki Mosque in Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid, 192 AH, Iraq Museum

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  Pair of candlesticks from an Ottoman Turkish mosque, late 16th century

• Mihrab, Umayyad Mosque.jpg

  Mihrab in the Great Mosque of Damascus