Meaning of mihrab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
2. A design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function.

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Examples

“Certainly there are nagging undertones of regret⟳ to the greatest of the Islamic monuments of Spain, the Great Mosque of Córdoba, for now that its mihrab has been demoted to be a mere curiosity, […].”

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