Mihrab

Mihrab and Minbar in the Great Mosque in Aleppo, Syria

The Mihrab (Arabic: محراب pl. محاريب) 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
Pair of candlesticks from an Ottoman Turkish mosque, late 16th century
Mihrab in the Great Mosque of Damascus

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