(Arabic: مقصورة ). An enclosure situated near the mihrab in a mosque, used by a ruler for protection or privacy during prayer. Maqsuras often took the form of wooden or metal screens.
Maqsura, Great Mosque, Qayrawan, Tunisia.
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Maqsura, Great Mosque, Qayrawan, Tunisia.