Maqsurah

• abstract: 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 worshiping ruler from assassins."Maqsurah", Encyclopædia Britannica Online The imam officiating inside the maqsurah typically belonged to the same school of law to which the ruler belonged.

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