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EZZ: semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca,usually ornately decorated and often designed to give the impression of an arched doorway or a passage to Mecca
Posted at Mar 10/2011 08:00PM:
ian: any other meanings? Refer to the article that you read about the Dome of the Rock. This as well may have been a mihrab in the sense of a shrine such as was common in the jahilia (keep trying to make links between these terms guys)