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The Quba Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد قُبَاء, romanized: Masjid Qubāʾ, standard pronunciation: [mas.dʒid qu.baːʔ], Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [mas.dʒɪd ɡʊ.ba]) is a mosque located in Medina, in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, first built in the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century C.E. [1] [2] [3] It is thought to be the first mosque in the world ...
Also contained within the complex are the Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, four seminaries, [1] a cemetery, the Razavi University of Islamic Sciences, and other buildings. The complex is a tourism center in Iran [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and has been described as "the heart of the Shia Iran" [ 4 ] with 25 million Iranian and non-Iranian Shias visiting ...
Doha Spiral Mosque Night. Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center (commonly known simply as Bin Zaid, also known previously as Fanar or Qatar Islamic Culture Center and Spiral Mosque) [1] is a cultural organization in Doha, the capital of Qatar. It is located close to Doha Corniche and is a prominent landmark in the city.
1021–1036) had the mosque reconstructed between 1034 and 1036, though work was not completed until 1065, during the reign of Caliph al-Mustansir (r. 1036–1094). [57] The new mosque was considerably smaller, reduced from fifteen aisles to seven, [57] probably a reflection of the local population's significant decline by this time.
The inside of the gate, which served as an entrance to the compound during the early Islamic period, is currently known as al-Buraq Mosque. [6] [7] [N 1] While it was known as Marbat Al-Buraq in the early periods. [8] [9] The entrance to the underground structure faces north and immediately left of the Moors' Gate (Bāb al-Magharibah).
A ṣaḥn (Arabic: صحن) is the formal courtyard found in almost every mosque in Islamic architecture. The courtyards are open to the sky and surrounded on all sides by structures with halls and rooms, and often a shaded semi-open arcade riwaq. A mosque courtyard is used for performing ablutions and as a patio for rest or gathering.
Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center, which houses Masjid Misr or the Grand Mosque, is a religious and architectural landmark located in the New Administrative Capital in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. [1] The center covers an area of 467000 square meters, and can accommodate 137,000 people.