Maqsurah

Maqsurah ( Arabic مقصورة) (literally “closed-off space”), an enclosure, a box or wooden screen near the Mihrab or the center of the qiblah wall, which was originally designed to shield a worshiping ruler from assassins. The imam officiating inside the maqsurah typically belonged to the same school of law to which the ruler belonged. There also may have been some spiritual connotation similar to the chancel screen in churches. They were often wooden screens decorated with carvings or interlocking turned pieces of wood (mashrabiyya). Historically, it was first innovated by Muawiya I , Umayyid caliph, in Umayyad Mosque . The Companions Mihrab belonged to the Maqsura of the Companions. Maqsurah an article in encyclopedia Britannica Online Gibbs, H.A.R.

Maqsurah ( Arabic مقصورة) (literally "closed-off space"), an enclosure, a box or wooden screen near the mihrab or the center of the qibla wall, which was originally designed to shield a worshipping ruler from assassins. The imam officiating inside the maqsurah typically belonged to the same school of law to which the ruler belonged. There also may have been some spiritual connotation similar to the chancel screen in churches. They were often wooden screens decorated with carvings or interlocking turned pieces of wood (similar to a mashrabiya ). Historically, it was first used by the Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I in the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus, where the so-called "Mihrab of the Companions (of the Prophet)" belonged to the "Maqsura of the Companions".

The wooden maqsura in the Great Mosque of Kairouan . Maqsurah ( , literally "closed-off space") is an enclosure, box, or wooden screen near the mihrab or the center of the qibla wall in a mosque . It was typically reserved for a Muslim ruler and his entourage, and was originally designed to shield him from potential assassins during prayer. The imam officiating inside the maqsurah typically belonged to the same school of law to which the ruler belonged. There also may have been some spiritual connotation similar to the chancel screen in Christian churches. They were often wooden screens decorated with carvings or interlocking turned pieces of wood (similar to a mashrabiya ). Sometimes, Muslim saints are buried behind a maqsurah in a similar way to a zarih .

The wooden maqsura in the Great Mosque of Kairouan ( Tunisia ) Maqsurah ( Arabic : مقصورة , literally "closed-off space") is an enclosure, box, or wooden screen near the mihrab or the center of the qibla wall in a mosque . It was typically reserved for a Muslim ruler and his entourage, and was originally designed to shield him from potential assassins during prayer. The imam officiating inside the maqsurah typically belonged to the same school of law to which the ruler belonged. There also may have been some spiritual connotation similar to the chancel screen in Christian churches. They were often wooden screens decorated with carvings or interlocking turned pieces of wood (similar to a mashrabiya ). Sometimes, Muslim saints are buried behind a maqsurah in a similar way to a zarih .