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Definition of Mihrabs
1. mihrab [n] - See also: mihrab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mihrabs
Literary usage of Mihrabs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"Given all this information on early mihrabs, one knows exactly what to make of
the traditions that say mihrabs were a later Islamic development rather than ..."
2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Porch with three small domes gives onto a single-domed chamber : terracotta panels
round plaster-decorated mihrabs. Protected Monument. ..."
3. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1876)
"All that was required was the removal of the temple in its centre, and the erection
of a new wall on the west side, adorned with niches— mihrabs—to point ..."
4. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture by James Fergusson (1899)
"All that was required was the removal of the temple in its centre, and t!u erection
of a new wall on the west side, adorned with niches— mihrabs—to point ..."
5. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1909)
"D. Mihrab with cupola. smaller mihrabs are seen niched in the same wall.
The building is so ruinous that it cannot be wholly explained. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... on each side, is a larger apartment covered by a pointed ribbed vault.
The ornamental work is bold and striking rather than delicate, and the mihrabs or ..."
7. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"The magnificent entrance-archway rests upon coloured columns taken from one of
the earlier mihrabs. The walls are panelled with richly carved marble. ..."
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