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Interior of the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo, showing the mihrab (prayer niche) and the minbar (pulpit).

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Minbar in the Ortaköy Mosque, Istanbul.

Giovanni Dall'Orto

Hagia Sophia: minbar

Hagia Sophia: minbar

Minbar of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Muḥammad ʿAlī Mosque: minbar

Muḥammad ʿAlī Mosque: minbar

Minbar of the Muḥammad ʿAlī Mosque, Cairo, Egypt.

Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Interior of the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo, showing the mihrab (prayer niche) and the minbar (pulpit).

Interior of the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo, showing the mihrab (prayer niche)...

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