-
saints are
buried behind a
maqsurah in a
similar way to a zarih. The
first maqsura is
believed to have been
created by
Caliph Uthman (caliph
between 644 and...
-
Aleph (or alef or alif,
transliterated ʾ) is the
first letter of the
Semitic abjads,
including Phoenician ʾālep 𐤀,
Hebrew ʾālef א,
Aramaic ʾālap 𐡀,...
- architecturally-defined
maqsura (an area
reserved for the emir or
caliph during prayer),
which date from the
expansion of
Caliph Al-Hakam II
after 965. This
maqsura area...
- courtyard, two
opening on the
prayer hall and a
ninth allows access to the
maqsura) some of them, such as Bab Al-Ma (gate of water)
located on the western...
- mosque. The new
maqsura was
built at the
extreme east end of the
northern aisle, next to the north-eastern pier. The
existing maqsura in the apse, near...
-
Kutubiyya Mosque of a near-legendary
mechanism which allowed the
wooden maqsura (a
screen separating the
caliph and his
entourage from the rest of the...
- Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis. The
wooden maqsura within the
mosque today is
believed to date from this time.: 87 It is the
oldest maqsura in the
Islamic world to be...
-
wooden maqsura in the
Great Mosque of
Kairouan is
believed to date from al-Mu'izz ibn Badis's
restoration of the building. It is the
oldest maqsura in the...
- The
maqsura was
installed in the
mosque in 1677 (1088 AH) by
order of
Sultan Moulay Isma'il. Today, only the main
central section of the
maqsura has been...
- are
collectively referred to as the "triumphal arch" by
Grabar or the "
maqsura" by Pruitt.
Mosaic designs were rare in
Islamic architecture in the post-Umayyad...
