mihrab is what the wall in a mosque that is toward mecca is called.
mihrab is what the wall in a mosque that is toward mecca is called.
what is the wall in a mosque called that is toward mecca?
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bullet::::- minarets or towers (these were originally used as torch-lit watchtowers, as seen in the great mosque of damascus; hence the derivation of the word from the arabic "nur", meaning "light"). the minaret of the great mosque of kairouan in tunisia is considered as the oldest surviving minaret in the world. it has the shape of a square massive tower of three superimposed sections.









































bullet::::- a four-iwan plan, with three subordinate halls and one principal one that faces toward mecca









































bullet::::- mihrab or prayer niche on an inside wall indicating the direction to mecca.
islamic architecture
the ottoman empire took hold of onogošt in 1455, and it stayed under control of the turks for more than four hundred years, as a part of herzegovina province. onogošt was first referred to as "nikšić" in a document titled "radonia pribisalich de nichsich" printed in 1518. the name "nikšić" was used alongside onogošt until 1767, when the name nikšić was officially implemented after an "ayani night", a high-profile meeting of ottoman feudal lords which was relatively common at the time. during the later years of ottoman occupation, the town served as a significant fortified military stronghold. during the course of ottoman rule, a total of four mosques were built in nikšić. the first one, "donjogradska", was constructed between 1695 and 1703. a second mosque called "hadžidanuša" was constructed sometime in the early 1700s by an ottoman military captain, hadži-husejin danević; it was colloquially known as the "short mosque" because it had no minarets. a third mosque, known simply as "pasha's mosque", was the largest in nikšić. it was said to be architecturally similar to jashar pasha mosque in pristina. a fourth mosque called "hadži-ismail's mosque" was erected in 1807, and was the only mosque to survive the departure of the ottoman empire from nikšić later that century. also in 1807, armed forces led by petar i petrović-njegoš along with 1,000 russian troops attempted to take nikšić, but ottoman forces prevailed. on july 18, 1876, the principality of montenegro defeated ottoman forces in the battle of vučji do in the western edge of the municipality of nikšić. on 27 august 1877, the rest of nikšić was taken by the montenegrin army under the command of vojvoda mašo vrbica after a 47-day siege against the ottoman authorities. english archaeologist arthur evans witnessed the negotiations between nikola i of montenegro and the remaining muslims after the siege, and subsequently wrote about them in his diary:
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