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==Becoming famous as Sulaymānī Miḥrāb==
==Becoming famous as Sulaymānī Miḥrāb==
The Ḥanafī Miḥrāb was rebuilt in 938AH/ 1531-2 AD by the order of [[Sultan Sulaymān qānūnī]], preserving the appearance of the [[Prophet’s Miḥrāb]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the Sulaymānī Miḥrāb<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470;  Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Currently, congregational prayers are not held in this miḥrāb and the imam of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Masjid Al-Nabī]] prays in the [[ʿUthmān Miḥrāb]].
The Ḥanafī Miḥrāb was rebuilt in 938AH/ 1531-2 AD by the order of [[Sultan Sulaymān qānūnī]], preserving the appearance of the [[Prophet's Mihrab|Prophet’s Miḥrāb]], and was decorated with black and white marble, and from then on, it became known as the Sulaymānī Miḥrāb<ref>Rafʿat Pāshā, ''Mirʾāt al-ḥaramayn'', vol. 1, p. 470;  Najafī, ''Madīna shināsī'', Vol. 1, p. 168,169</ref> Currently, congregational prayers are not held in this miḥrāb and the imam of [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Masjid Al-Nabī]] prays in the [[ʿUthmān Miḥrāb]].


===Miḥrāb inscriptions===
===Miḥrāb inscriptions===