Mihrab facts for kids

Mihrab and Minbar in the Great Mosque in Aleppo, Syria

The Mihrab (Arabic: محراب pl. محاريب) is a niche in the wall of a mosque. It indicates the qibla (the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, the direction that Muslims should face when praying). The wall in which a mihrab appears is the "qibla wall."

Images for kids

• 

  Mihrab in the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

• 

  8th-century marble mihrab found in the al-Khassaki Mosque in Baghdad, now housed at the Iraq Museum

• 

  Pair of candlesticks from an Ottoman Turkish mosque, late 16th century

• 

  Mihrab in the Great Mosque of Damascus

• 

  28=Mihrab of Kalyan Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan}}

See also

In Spanish: Mihrab para niños