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mihrab

semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla
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Summary

mihrab ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,298 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Islamic religious building fixture[2], architectural structure[3]
  • Part of: mosque[4]
  • Commons category: Mihrabs[5]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[6], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7]
  • Native label: محراب[8]

Why It Matters

mihrab has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] mihrab is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → bienesculturales/1002024
    Biblissima authority id → Q297713
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297713, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → mosque
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Islamic religious building fixture, architectural structure
    Described by source → Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 38360, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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