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Keywords: Iranian - "Mihrab" Plaque - Walters 481310.jpg A mihrab is a niche in a mosque or other Muslim religious building that indicates the direction for prayer toward Mecca It also recalls the place where the prophet Muhammad stood to lead the early Muslim community in prayer and symbolizes both the entrance of God's presence into the place of worship and the gateway to heaven Ceramic plaques in the shape of mihrabs are often found in shrines and mausoleums and on tombstones and cenotaphs funerary monuments where they may have had a commemorative or memorial function With its combination of molded and painted decoration this blue and brown lusterware work is typical of ceramic mihrab plaques made in medieval Iran The large inscription in the outer frame begins with the bismallah In the name of God the Merciful the Compassionate and continues with a Qur'anic verse that refers directly to the recitation and prayer that Muslims perform in front of a mihrab Establish regular prayers at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night and the morning prayer and reading for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony Sura al-Bani Isra'il chapter 17 verse 78 One of the final and shortest chapters of the Qur'an Sura al-Ikhlas chapter 112 is inscribed on the white band around the central arch between 1276 1277 Medieval fritware with underglaze and luster decoration cm 47 2 36 2 5 accession number 48 1310 29876 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation bismallah In the name of God the Merciful the Compassionate; Translation From Sura al-Bani Isra'il chapter 17 verse 78 Establish regular prayers at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night and the morning prayer and reading for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony; Inscription From Sura al-Ikhlas chapter 112 on white band around central arch Islamic Insights Katonah Gallery Katonah 1980 place of origin Kashan Iran Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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