The niche in the wall of a mosque that shows the direction of Mecca, toward which Muslims pray. It is usually the most richly decorated part of the building, and the minbar, the pulpit, stands beside it.

Who was Alexandre Raymond?

A French architect who recorded the Islamic architecture of Turkey; his plates published in 1924 show facades, portals, mihrabs, windows and ornament of the Ottoman and Seljuk mosques and tombs in colour.

By faith

Islam

Mosques, mihrabs and minbars: Alexandre Raymond's plates of the Ottoman and Seljuk architecture of Istanbul, Bursa, Iznik, Konya and Sivas (1924), Norden's mosque in Egypt of 1755, and Dutch lithographs of Mecca, the Black Stone and the dervishes of 1863.

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