Mazar i Sharif mark.

[AJ1356]

Originally Posted by AJ1356

If you have a pic of something I can help you. As said before the mark is the royal government seal, the mosque symbol is not neccessarily of the mosque in Mazar e Sharif. However I have seen older peices with the city where is was made, stamped or engraved on them.

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, The only time those 2 items were not part of the Afghan government seal was during the early part of the communist era. It signifies that the government is an Islamic government, again has nothing to do with the Mazar e Sharif mosque/shrine.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Salaams all ~ I think this has been sorted before and on other threads..by AJ1356 who must be thinking why has this turned up again as a question...? Quote "the mark is the royal government seal, the mosque symbol is not neccessarily of the mosque in Mazar e Sharif" Unquote. Plus on http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15995

I find it very interesting however to see a clear illustration of the seal detail above by AJ1356 which is excellent for library and the excellent pictures of the Shashqa... and not overlooking the in depth research and application of library and personal input by Jim...
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[spiral]

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.

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Brilliant stuff AJ! I realised years ago the mosque/armoury designation made no sense & tried to explain to evryone that it was a goverment mark as it occured on coins, weapons, flags etc.etc., not a mark of the Mazar al sharrif armoury as people used to say to me.

The info on shrine makes it all clear & is is easy to substatiate! Thank you for that info! Brilliant!

Thankyou!

Re. the repeating of info, sadly in the 14 odd years Ive tried to inform people of various facts on the forums, Ive found that one has to repeat it again & again, because

1, not evryone reads evry post.

2,not evryone remebers .

3, not evryone understands.

4,not evry one believes.

5,Some have an axe to grind, so are awkward just for the sake of it.

6, some whether right or wrong belive differently.

7, & to top it all, then new people come along who, missed what you said 10 years ago or even worse the find that original post & miss the later corrections & updates made. when one had learnt more..



Sae la vive...

Spiral

[mohd]

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 ..

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.