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Mihrab of the Mosque of Sultan Hasan in Cairo

Photograph of a Mihrab: A recess, mostly in the form of arched niche, in the qibla wall, facing the direction toward Mecca.

 

Format

Photograph

 

Credit

Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.

 

MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin

4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002

 

MIT Course Instructor

Rabbat, Nasser O.

 

MIT Department

Architecture

 

License

http://ocw.mit.edu/terms

 

Publisher

MIT OpenCourseWare

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Uploaded on September 29, 2008