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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE ELEMENTS OF A MOSQUE

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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTUREELEMENTS OF A MOSQUE

MOSQUE

MINARETPRAYER

HALLMIHRAB

MINBAR ABLUTION

MINARAT• MEANING – LIGHTHOUSE

• SQUARE, ROUND OR OCTAGONAL

• VISUAL FOCAL POINT

• CALL TO THE PRAYER(ADHAN) VIA MICROPHONE, SPEAKER

• EARLIER MOSQUES LACKED MINARETS

PRAYER HALL• THE CENTRAL LARGE AREA

OF PRAYER – MUSALLA

• NO FURNITURE, SINCE WORSHIPERS SIT, KNEEL AND BOW ON THE FLOOR

• ALONG THE WALLS AND PILLARS THERE ARE USUALLY BOOKSHELVES TO HOLD COPIES OF QURAN

• SEPARATE FOR MEN AND WOMEN

MIHRAB• ORNAMENTAL

INDENTATION ON WALL WHICH MARKS THE DIRECTION THE QUIBLA

• DECORATED WITH TILES AND CALLIGRAPHY

• TO AMPLIFY THE VOICE OF THE IMAM

• ALSO KNOWN AS PRAYER NICHE

MINBAR• RAISED PLATFORM IN THE

FRONT AREA OF THE MOSQUE

• LOCATED THE RIGHT OF MIHRAB

• MADE OF CARVED WOOD, STONE OR BRICK

• IT IS A SHORT STAITCASE MAY BE COVERED WITH A DOME

ABLUTION PLACE• PLACE TO WASH THE

HANDS, FOREARMS, FACE, FEET

• IT CAN BE IN THE CENTER OF A COURTYARD OR INDOOR

• THIS RITUAL PURIFICATION PRECEEDS ALL PRAYERS