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Spain: Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba section of a mihrab Interior of the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo, showing the mihrab (prayer niche) and the minbar (pulpit). Figure 82: Specialized rugs. (right) Wool prayer rug from Bursa, Turkey, Ottoman, 16th century. The field contains a mihrab, or prayer niche, with a mosque lamp hanging in the central arch.
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mihrab: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Mihrab. Jun 05, 2018
Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Mihrab. Oct 23, 2016
Image added of a tile section of an early 14th-century mihrab, Kashan, Iran. Dec 17, 2010
Media added. Mar 20, 2009
Added new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - mihrab. Oct 31, 2007
Article revised. Sep 12, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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