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Le Caire - Intérieur de la mosquée El-Bordei

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French Photographer · 1831–1885

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Date: 1870s
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of an ornately decorated Muslim prayer hall. Prominently visible in the image is the mihrab, a semicircular niche in the wall that indicates the qibla, and the minbar or pulpit with a flight of stairs leading up to it.

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