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Mihrab (prayer niche)
(محراب محراب صلاة)

Title	Mihrab (prayer niche)
Title Original	محراب محراب صلاة
Publication Date:	The date is Shaban 663 AH / May 1265 AD
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Pottery paste, moulded, overglazing with opalescent paint, underglazing with cobalt and turquoise.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الأبعاد الكلية : 384.5 × 228.6 × 21.6 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	48.327
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;27;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	The date is Shaban 663 AH / May 1265 AD
Notes	This mihrab is approximately 12 feet long and dates to 663/1265 and is the only piece of its kind in the DDFIA collection. It is one of the six remaining lustrous mihrabs made during the Ilkhanid period in Iran (1265-1353) and is one of two of its kind outside Iran. Originally, it was placed in the shrine of Imamzadeh Yahya, which is the tomb of one of the descendants of the Shiite Imam Veramin in Iran. In the prayer section of the shrine, the mihrab was located on the Qibla wall - which points in the direction of Mecca.
Sample Text	“Mihrab (prayer niche)” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;27;ar

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Mihrab (prayer niche)

(محراب محراب صلاة)

Publication Date The date is Shaban 663 AH / May 1265 AD

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Pottery paste, moulded, overglazing with opalescent paint, underglazing with cobalt and turquoise.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الأبعاد الكلية : 384.5 × 228.6 × 21.6 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 48.327

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;27;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date The date is Shaban 663 AH / May 1265 AD

Notes This mihrab is approximately 12 feet long and dates to 663/1265 and is the only piece of its kind in the DDFIA collection. It is one of the six remaining lustrous mihrabs made during the Ilkhanid period in Iran (1265-1353) and is one of two of its kind outside Iran. Originally, it was placed in the shrine of Imamzadeh Yahya, which is the tomb of one of the descendants of the Shiite Imam Veramin in Iran. In the prayer section of the shrine, the mihrab was located on the Qibla wall - which points in the direction of Mecca.

Sample Text “Mihrab (prayer niche)” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;27;ar