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minaret
minaret , tower, used in Islamic architecture, from which the faithful are called to prayer by a muezzin. Most mosques have one or more small towers, which are usually placed at the corners. The earliest structures specifically built as minarets were the four low square towers at the four corners ... Read more
Arafat
Arafat or Arafa , granite hill, Saudi Arabia, near Mecca . The hill was an ancient pagan sanctuary and is shrouded in many legends. It is a site for prayers during the hajj , the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Atop the hill is a minaret, reached by broad stone steps. On the 60th step is a ... Read more
Karbala
Karbala , city (1987 pop. 296,705), central Iraq, at the edge of the Syrian Desert. The city's trade is in religious objects, hides, wool, and dates. Karbala is the site of the tomb of the Shiite leader Husein , who was killed in the city in 680. It is second only to Mecca in being a holy place vis... Read more
Khiva
Khiva , city (1989 pop. 40,001), S Uzbekistan, in the Khiva oasis and on the Amu Darya River. Industries include metalworking, cotton and silk spinning, wood carving, and carpetmaking. The city, in existence by the 6th cent., was the capital of the Khwarazm (Khorezm) kingdom in the 7th and 8th cen... Read more
Marrakech
Marrakech or Marrakesh , city (1994 pop. 672,478), W central Morocco. The city, renowned for leather goods, is one of the principal commercial centers of Morocco and a major tourist center. It was founded (1062) by the Almoravid leader Yusuf ibn Tashfin and was the capital of Morocco from then u... Read more
Samarra
Samarra , town, N central Iraq, on the Tigris River. It is on the site of an ancient settlement and has given its name to a type of Neolithic pottery of the 5th millennium BC The present town was founded (836) by the Abbasid caliphs. Samarra's 17th-century, golden-domed mosque complex, sacred to S... Read more
Bukhara
Bukhara , city (1991 pop. 231,000), capital of Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, in the Zeravshan River valley. On the Shkhrud irrigation canal system, it is the center of a large cotton district and has textile mills as well as cotton-ginning industries and a large karakul skin processing plant. The popu... Read more
Eger
Eger , Ger. Erlau, city (1991 est. pop. 62,474), NE Hungary, on the Eger River. It is the commercial center of a wine-producing region and has food- and tobacco-processing plants. Eger is a center for tourists drawn by the nearby mineral springs and the Mátra Mts. One of the first Magyar se... Read more
mosque
mosque , building for worship used by members of the Islamic faith. Muhammad's house in Medina (AD 622), with its surrounding courtyard and hall with columns, became the prototype for the mosque where the faithful gathered for prayer. Structure The basic elements of a mosque are a place la... Read more
Pécs
Pécs , Ger. Fünfkirchen, city (1991 est. pop. 170,000), SW Hungary, near the Croatian border. A county administrative seat and a railroad hub, Pécs is the industrial center of Hungary's chief coking coal-mining region. Uranium was also produced nearby during the Communist era. B... Read more

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Minaret
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...mosques in Arabia had no minaret, and the first towers...expressly for the call. Minarets have been designed...thin, cylindrical minarets with conical peaks...not always climb the minaret to call for prayers; minarets are often outfitted...
minaret
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition minaret , tower, used in...specifically built as minarets were the four low...modern times; the minaret of Giralda in Seville...standing conical minaret surrounded by a spiral...in the octagonal minarets of the two 15th...
mosque
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sultan, or governor prays; a minaret , a tower, usually built at...pointed arch flanked by slender minarets, represents the climax of...half domes, buttresses, and minarets and used Persian tiles and...onion-shaped domes, round minarets, and great portals with pointed...
Ibn Tulun Mosque
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...opposite the prayer hall, stands the minaret (tower), the mosque's most distinctive...domed edifice, and reconstructed the minaret, which had also fallen into disrepair...work was soon begun. See also mihrab; minaret; mosque; qur ʾ an. Bibliography...
Islamic art and architecture
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...c. 705). Common architectural forms, such as the dome , minaret , sahn (courtyard), and the often highly-decorated mihrab...with their distinctive onion-shaped domes and slender pencil minarets, is the Isfahan Imperial Mosque (1585–1612...
Kodja Mimar Sinan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...appearances led to the development of slim, pencil like, balconied minarets that gave the 16th-century Stambul skyline its magnificent...assembly areas flanked by small-domed side halls and massive minarets. According to a contemporary biographer, the poet Mustafa...
Giralda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of Seville, Spain. It was built (1163-84) to serve as minaret to the main mosque of Seville, on the site of which the cathedral...superstructure on the simple square Moorish tower. The original square minaret, with an interior ramp, is 197 ft (60 m) high; the superstructure...
Libya
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...supporting arches, and a roof of domes from which springs a minaret commanding a view of Tripoli. The entrances to the mosque...city. The mosque has two balconies and one of the highest minarets in Tripoli, which offers spectacular views of the city. The...
Samarra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...most important is the al-Malwiyya Mosque with its spiral minaret, which is 171 feet (52 m) in height with a round room at...recreation facilities; the mosque of Abu Dulaf, with its spiral minaret; al-Mankur Palace; and many walls, especially al-Qadissiyya...
Helena: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...popular during the early twentieth century. Helena Civic Center, built in 1921, is a Moorish-style edifice with a 175-foot minaret, an onion dome, and intricate exterior brickwork. Just outside Helena to the north is another impressive facility, Fort...

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minaret
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology minaret XVII. — F. minaret or Sp. minarete , It. minaretto — Turk. minare — Arab. manāra minaret, lighthouse, f. base of nūr light.
Minaret
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Minaret (tower): see MOSQUE .
mosque
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Mosque, Istanbul, by Sinan (1550–7) ). From C8 mosques acquired at least one minaret , and most modern mosques usually have minarets and domes. Bibliography B&B (1994); Frishman & and Khan (1994); Hillenbrand...
Seljuk
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...x2013;7)) with elaborate inscriptions and ornament. Minarets were often very elaborate, created perhaps more as monuments...elevated towers for calls to prayer: an example is the Ghurid minaret, Jam (1191–8). Other mausolea are not towers...
Schenck, Joseph and Nicholas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Blystone); Ashes of Vengeance (Lloyd); The Dangerous Maid (Heerman); Three Ages (Keaton and Cline); The Voice from the Minaret (Franklin); The Song of Love (Franklin and Marion) 1924 The Goldfish (Storm); The Only Woman (Olcott); Secrets...
Mosque
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...built, that his name may be spoken in them’ (Qurʾān 24. 36). Masjids in general have a minaret from which the call to prayer ( ādhān ) can be made by the muezzin ( muʾadhadhīn...
Ādhān
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...x323;alāt ) given by the muʾadhīn (Muezzin) traditionally from the manāra (minaret), before each of the five daily times of ṣalāt. The words incorporate the Shahāda (profession...
Wild, James William
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...tower, Grimsby, Lincs. (1851–2), based on the tower of the Town Hall in Siena, Italy, but with a crowning minaret influenced by Wild's travels in Egypt and Syria in the 1840s. He contributed to the design of the Huxley Building, Exhibition...
Islamic architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...patterned tilework, fretted gables of stone, marble, or stucco, and, above all, coherent and serene geometry. Domes, minarets, cloisters, and elaborate battlements , often of the almena type, are commonly associated with Islamic buildings. Islamic...
Hagia Sofia
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...had been razed to the ground in the Nika revolts of Jan. 532. In the late 16th cent. as part of a restoration process, minarets were added by the architect Sīhān (see SULAIMĀN THE MAGNIFICENT ). The last extensive restoration...

Thesaurus entries related to "minaret"

tower
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus tower • noun  a church tower synonyms : steeple, spire; minaret; turret; bell tower, belfry, campanile; skyscraper, high-rise, edifice; transmission tower. • verb  ...
pinnacle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...tor, aiguille, hoodoo; summit, crest, apex, tip.   2. the pinnacles of the clock tower synonyms : turret, minaret, spire, finial, mirador.   3. the pinnacle of the sport synonyms : highest level, peak, height, high point...
steeple
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus steeple • noun  a solitary gull perched atop the church steeple synonyms : spire, tower; bell tower, belfry, campanile; minaret.

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Iraq fears Mosul minaret's graceful bow may become a tumble
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/29/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...reasons for the tilt of the Nurid mosque's minaret, and fear that without quick restoration...Consultancy Bureau is formulating a plan for the minaret - known as al-Hadba, ``the humped...Italian company finished restoring the minaret - broke underground pipes, allowing sewage...
Swiss move to ban minarets as 'symbols of Islamic power'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/14/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...wing campaign to ban minarets from all mosques in...Switzerland's "stop minaret" movement is backed...its approval for the minaret and score an important...construction of mosques with minarets in major cities such...inauguration of a mosque with a minaret in the small town of...
Historic Erbil Minaret to be rescued: Czech company takes responsibility for the minaret project.
Newspaper article from: The Kurdish Globe (Erbil, Iraq); 6/30/2008; 700+ words ; ...infrastructural problems with ErbilAEs minaret. oWe approached the Council of Ministers...documents about the [problems] with the minaret. [With their consent], a Czech company...Three problems were discovered with the minaret, according to Hussein. He explained...
Shi'ite minarets reclaim skyline; Target of bans, Sunni militants.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...their mosques. The minarets also provide a grim...construction of a 125-foot minaret costing $40,000...the construction of minarets at Shi'ite mosques...Mr. Hashem said. Minarets are not required on...through prayer, but the minaret is a powerful psychological...
The Minarets and the Hijab.
Newspaper article from: Dar Al Hayat, International ed. (Beirut, Lebanon); 11/15/2009; 700+ words ; ...construction of minarets is banned. The...over building a minaret in the village of...building of the minaret. The dispute over the right to build minarets brings to mind the...Muslims to build minarets, despite the objections...and said that the minaret was not an essential...
5th minaret planned for Mount
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/22/2004; ; 699 words ; ...walls, said the planned minaret was the brainchild of...next year. Four other minarets exist on the Temple...construction work on the minaret - which is estimated...to the four existing minarets is completed. He added...for the planned fifth minaret, just north of the...
Tensions on the rise: rarely is there a church without a bell tower in Switzerland. Now other religious communities are demanding the same privilege: Muslims are fighting for the right to build minarets on top of mosques. This has been the cause of a heated debate, due to peak on November 29 when Swiss voters will decide how far freedom of religion should go.(POLITICS)
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 11/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...national referendum if minarets should be forbidden...of religion The minaret-ban initiative...the fight against minarets. "A minaret has a political...mosques come with a minaret, a symbol for...that prohibiting minarets does not impact...
In volatile Iraq, Shiite mosques and minarets increasingly targeted.(WORLD)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 3/3/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...to do it," Hashem said. Minarets originally served as watchtowers...speakers are affixed to the minarets of most mosques, and announcers...Mosques are not required to have minarets, but they have become a symbol...who stood admiring the new minaret outside the Ahelalbayate Mosque...
Minaret Reveals Division in Austrian Town; After Decades Spent Side by Side, Muslim Turks and Catholic Tiroleans Work Toward Understanding
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/12/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...been tested lately by the raising of a minaret next to a mosque despite residents' objections...organization announced plans to build the minaret. After heated debate, Opperer gave the...secretary of the group that built the minaret, invited non-Muslims to celebrate Iftar...
Swiss nationalists force popular vote on banning Muslim call-to-prayer minarets
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/9/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...construction of minarets where Muslims issue...They argue that the minaret is a symbol of political...for constructing a minaret in Winterthur near...traditional mosques and minarets in European countries...that the anti-minaret initiative would...t really need minarets, the ...