Ash Shawadhana Mosque

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The Ash Shawadhana Mosque ( Arabic مسجد الشواذنة, DMG masǧid aš-šawāḏana ) is an old mosque in the al-ʿAqr district of the city of Nizwa in Oman . The current mosque construction dates back to the 16th century . Their equipment with two prayer niches ( mihrab ) indicates an earlier origin. One of these niches with rich ornamentation points to Mecca , the other to Jerusalem . In earlier times the direction of prayer was Jerusalem (see main article qibla ), the ground plan of the mosque is therefore probably based on a previous building from the 7th century back in early Islamic times.

literature

  • PM Costa: Historic Mosques and Shrines of Oman (= British Archaeological Reports, International Series, 938). Archaeopress, Oxford 2001 ( online excerpt )
  • Diana Darke, Sandra Shields: Oman (Bradt Travel Guide Oman) 2010 ( online excerpt )
  • Julietta Baums, Lorenz Töpperwien: Oman: On the way between Muscat and Salalah . Trescher Verlag 2013 ( online excerpt )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The prayer niche is a component in a mosque that shows the direction of prayer (qibla). The prayer space in front of it is usually reserved for the prayer leader.

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