At Jerusalem I called at once upon our Consul, Moore, and obtained through him from the Pasha an order to visit the prisons, and found there the sheykhs I was in search of in an underground dungeon near the Mosque of Omar.
Sermons on this subject have already been preached in the Mosque of Damascus, and an agreement has been come to with the religious leaders of every land throughout the Mohammedan world.
Very cautiously we made our way down the sand-hills, moving directly towards the mosque for the first hundred yards, then edging away to the left until we had a full view of the river.
Just below the mosque were some fishermen's huts, and a small wooden pier, or wharf, projecting into the Nile.
Towards morning a thick fog came on, completely hiding the mosque and river from our view; indeed we could not see anything fifty yards before us, and had to trust entirely to our ears.
Palace and mosque and garden and serai, Bazaars and baths and spacious pleasure grounds, By favor of Allah to perfection sprang.
From the twelve winds of heaven their caravans Drew into Sikri as Akbar summoned them, To spend long afternoons in council grave, Sifting tradition for the seed of truth, In the great mosque in Futtehpur at peace.
I assure your majesty," wrote Cortez from Cholula to his sovereign in Spain, "that I have counted from a mosque or temple four hundred mosques and as many towers, all of which were mosques in this city.
Students often travel on foot from the west coast right across Africa to study at the great mosque of the Azhar in Cairo.
From Senegal to Lagos, over two thousand miles, there is scarcely an important town on the seaboard where there is not at least one mosque and active representatives of Islam, side by side with the Christian teacher.
You go into a Turkish mosque and see the roof held up by a forest of slim pillars.
The greatMosque of Constantinople was once a Christian church, dedicated to the Holy Wisdom.
The palanquin having approached, the King placed himself in it, and they started for the mosque according to the ceremonial above mentioned.
The Sultan departed in tears and said: "Friday, when the sheik goes to the mosque I will go to him.
The next day the laksamana carried in state the turban, for the Malay kings were accustomed to go to the mosque in a turban, a badjon, and a sarong.
They first took in state to the mosque the betel-tray, the royal insignia, and the drum.
The Arch Formed Part of a Mosque built by Kutab, a Viceroy, in 1193 A.
Eleven miles from Delhi are many tombs of the Mogul emperors, including the Kutab Minar or great column of red sandstone, with a fine mosque near at hand.
The Pillar Stood in theMosque and is of Wrought Iron, Twenty-three Feet High.
Against the clear sky is outlined a succession of domes and spires that mark the position of a score of sacred shrines, with two slender minarets that rise from the mosque built by the great Moslem Emperor, Aurunzeb.
The most notable mosque in Delhi is the Jama Mashid, built of red sandstone and white marble.
These Buildings Show the Architecture of Cairo, With a Mosque on the Left With Dome and Minaret] [Illustration: PLATE LVIII An Arab Cafe In One of Cairo's Streets.
The old mosque--for centuries the royal mosqueof Cairo--still stands in the center of the citadel.
Unlike many of the mosques of Cairo, thismosque is clean and well kept.
The schools of the towns are generally attached to the mosque and other public buildings.
On its former site stands the rich and imposing mosqueof Mohammed Ali.
Attached to the mosque of Ezher is a university, or college, with quite a large Oriental library.
Not satisfied, they in derision placed a pig in their temples in imitation of the sacred niche which in the wall of the mosque indicates the direction of Mecca.
The interior of the mosqueis also of alabaster and is surmounted by a lofty dome supported on four massive square pillars.
This casing was removed by the Mohammedans for use in building the mosque of Cairo.
The outer casing of the Great Pyramid, beautiful granite as hard as iron, was removed to build the large mosque of this comparatively modern city.
Of mosqueand prayer and fast preach not to me, Rather go drink, were it on charity!
Each heart that God illumines with the light of love, as it frequents the mosque or synagogue, inscribes its name upon the book of love, and is set free from fear of Hell while it awaits the joys of Paradise.
In reverent sort to mosque I wend my way, But, by great Allah, it is not to pray; No!
Hearts with the light of love illumined well, Whether in mosqueor synagogue they dwell, Have their names written in the book of love, Unvexed by hopes of heaven or fears of hell.
From mosque an outcast, and to church a foe, Allah!
The Mihrab is the spot in a Mosque indicating the precise direction of Mecca towards which all Muhammadans turn in prayer.
Upon the site of the Temple, which had been systematically defiled by the Christians out of abhorrence for the Jews, but which was honoured by the Moslems as the spot from which Mahomed ascended to heaven, was now erected the Mosque of Omar.
To the honour of this prophet, the Moslems had erected a fine mosque upon this spot, which was a landmark for miles round.
Machine guns were established in the ruined Mosque and other appropriate positions, and preparations made to hold the hill at all costs.
At one time the Mosquewas deserted by all except one machine-gun officer, who continued to work his gun single-handed.
FN#80] I have described this part of the Medinah Mosque in Pilgrimage ii.
FN#142] We learn from Ibn Batutah that it stood South of the Great Mosque and afterwards became the Coppersmiths' Bazar.
He lies in the Great Amawi Mosque of Damascus and I never visited a tomb with more reverence.
The bearded Moollah of the mosque also has the goat cast offensively in his teeth.
In mosque courts one sometimes sees pretty troughs made of brick with divisions for water and food; and in trees near shrines, or over the places where devotees sit, earthen saucers are slung with food and water, all for the sparrow.
Protection of Ancient Buildings has protested, through Sir Evelyn Baring, against the so-called restoration of the mosque El-Mouyayyed and the mosque of Barkouk.
It is proposed to rebuild the domed minaret of Barkouk's mosque and the suppressed bell-tower of the Sultan's mosque, which is to be replaced by a bulbous roof.
In the mosqueof Omar alone ten thousand were put to the sword.
Some resistance was attempted by a body of brave Saracens in the mosque of Omar, but Everard of Puysave expelled them from it.
Several tiers of marble stairs led down to the Mosque of Omar, whose floor was about three feet below the level of the street.
Of the Crusaders who entered the Mosque of Omar for pillage, some waded in blood to their waists.
Here and there the dome of a mosque or the top of a palm tree, planted in the middle of an interior court-yard, broke the uniformity of the straight lines formed by the terraces, that surmounted all the houses.
Bonomi, Catherwood and Arundale, in 1833: from them has been painted the view of the Interior of the Mosque of Omar, in the Diorama of the Holy Land.
Great and important are the changes that have taken place in the arrangements of the mosque since the Spanish domination.
The Moorish inhabitants of Spain have left in that country numerous monuments of their graceful architecture, notably the Alhambra of Granada and the Mosque of Cordova.
This historical notice we omit, and proceed with a description of the celebrated mosque of Cordova.
A suite of rooms in the upper story of the old mosque contains the precious collection of books and manuscripts bequeathed by Don Fernando Columbus to the cathedral.
The Byzantine mosaics, with which both walls and domes are incrusted, give to this part of the mosque an indescribably gorgeous appearance.
It enclosed a palace built by An-Nassir for a favorite of his harem, and we are told that its decorations surpassed those of the mosque at the period of its greatest magnificence.
The mosque drum is not usually beaten for funerals in Selangor, nor is the body usually carried into the mosque, but is borne straight to the tomb.
They live in a mosque of their own, which they never leave, and where they offer up unceasing prayers.
This mosque is built of stone, and stands beside a lake called 'Kolam Yamani'; into this lake the whole of the waters from the neighbouring country drain, and the overflow runs down to the sea.
The first mosque was built by Mahomet in Medina, and was of a very simple structure.
The interior of a mosque is a mixture of simplicity and grandeur.
The pulpit in Sultan Achmet's mosque (see illustration) is a masterpiece in marble, and a copy of that in Mecca.
The dome is supported by columns, which, in the case of the mosque of Sultan Achmet, represented in the illustration facing this chapter, are inlaid with coloured tiles, and decorated with verses from the Koran.
The mosque of Cordova is grander, and the tombs of the Caliphs at Cairo may be in a purer style, but they lack the variety and richness of these diverse buildings.
They have their gallery in the mosque fenced in with latticework.
In Jerusalem a mosque stood on the site where once the temple of Solomon stood.
The "Al Mihrab" at the "Kiblah" end of the mosque is an octagonal niche, the ceiling of which is formed like a shell out of a single block of white marble.
CAABA, great mosque at Mecca, rivalled by the Mezquita of Cordova, 38.
There is a small octagonal mosque of great beauty, which has been left just as it was in the days of the Moors; and some of the horseshoe doorways, in outline at least, have not changed.
That early cathedral was turned into a mosque when the Moors took Gerona, but they allowed Catholic services to be held in the Church of San Filiu, close at hand, now shorn of part of its spire.
The corpse was escorted to the mosque and thence to the cemetery by various sects displaying colored silk banners, emblazoned with Koran verses.
They seem to realize it a duty to attend worship on two special occasions each year, but the majority of them never darken the mosque doors at other times.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mosque" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: pagoda; sanctuary; tabernacle; temple
