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MIHRAB

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 437 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MIHRAB , a See also:

term in See also:Mahommedan See also:architecture given to the See also:niche which in a See also:mosque indicates the direction of See also:Mecca, towards which the Moslems turn when praying.

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