(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. 11th century.
(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. 11th century.