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The al-Hanafi Mihrab was rebuilt in 938/1531-2 by the order of [[Sultan Suleiman I]], with the style of [[the Prophet's Mihrab]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the al-Sulaymani Mihrab<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Today, imam of congregational prayers of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi do not stand in this mihrab rather they stand in [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]]. | The al-Hanafi Mihrab was rebuilt in 938/1531-2 by the order of [[Sultan Suleiman I]], with the style of [[the Prophet's Mihrab]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the al-Sulaymani Mihrab<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Today, imam of congregational prayers of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi do not stand in this mihrab rather they stand in [[al-'Uthmani Mihrab]]. | ||
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Behind the building of the mihrab, there is an inscription in gold script on a shiny red oil background, about the construction of the mihrab by the order of Sultan Suleiman I in the year 938/1531-2.<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169.</ref> | Behind the building of the mihrab, there is an inscription in gold script on a shiny red oil background, about the construction of the mihrab by the order of Sultan Suleiman I in the year 938/1531-2.<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470; Najafī, ''Madīnashināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169.</ref> | ||