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Originally Posted by AJ1356
.. I thought I had corrected this b4. The mark is called Mehrab o Munbar, it is not a representation of a mosque but the representation of the ("alter area"/prayer area for the Imam) of the inside of a traditional mosque.
A search of Mihrab/Minbar would give you detail explaination and also more pictures. I just took one of the recent Afghan seals and marked the Mihrab and Minbar ..
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Kindly allow me to correctly name those objects in the picture of the Afghan seal, please!
1. Babu-l-masjid is the gate of entrance to the mosque.
2. Mimbar (Arabic: منبر, also romanized as minbar) is a pulpit in the mosque where the imam (prayer leader) stands to deliver sermons (خطبة, khutbah). The word is a derivative of the Arabic root n-b-r ("to raise, elevate"); the Arabic plural is manābir (Arabic: منابر).
3. Mihrab (Arabic: محراب miḥrāb, pl. محاريب mahārīb) is semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla; that is, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying.