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English: Floor plan of the Mosque of the Prophet (Al-Masjid al-Nabawi) in Madinah/Medina. Captions:

A. Shikayliyah Minaret, being now rebuilt.
B. Sulaymaniyah Minaret.
C. Raisiyah Minaret.
D. Minaret of Salam Gate.
E. Minaret of Rahmah Gate.
F. New Gate of El Mejidi.
G. Bab el Nisa (of women).
H. Bab Jibrail (of Gabriel).
I. Bab Salam (of Safety).
K. Bab Rahmah (of Mercy).

  1. Dwarf wall.
  2. Passages through wall.
  3. Mihrab Sulaymani (Niche of Sultan Sulayman).
  4. The Prophet's pulpit.
  5. The Prophet's niche.
  6. Osman's niche.
  7. El Hujrah, the chamber in which the Prophet died and was buried. An irregular square of 50 or 55 feet.
  8. The passage encircling the tombs.
  9. The door in the grating called Bab el Muwajihah.
  10. The Bab el Taubah (of Repentance).
  11. The Bab el Shami (Syrian)
  12. The Gate of our Lady Fatimah.
  13. The Prophet's Tomb.
  14. Abubekr's Tomb.
  15. Omar's Tomb.
  16. Vacant place intended for the sepulture of Isa bin Maryam.
  17. The Makam Sayyidina Isa (Place of our Lord Isa).
  18. The Shubak el Naby (Prophet's window).
  19. Abubekr's window.
  20. Omar's window.
  21. The Mahbat Jibrail, or place where Gabriel used to descent, vulgarly called Gabriel's Gate.
  22. Fatimah's Tomb, supposed to be in here house.
  23. The Dakkat el Aghawat, a low enclosure where the eunuchs sit.
  24. The place where the Koran is continuously read.
  25. The Weeping Post.
  26. Ayisha's Pillar.
  27. The Pillar of the Fugitives.
  28. The Pillar of Repentance, or of Abu Lubabah.
  29. The Mukabbariyah, consisting of a stone seat supported by 4 columns. Here the Muballigh, who is to the interior of the mosque what the Muezzin is to the exterior, warns people 5 times a day to prayer.
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Source Second Edition of Burton's "Pilgrimage"
Author
Richard Francis Burton  (1821–1890)  wikidata:Q125057 s:en:Author:Richard Francis Burton q:en:Richard Francis Burton
 
Richard Francis Burton
Alternative names
Sir Richard Burton; Richard F. Burton; Sir Richard Francis Burton; Richard Burton; Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton
Description British translator, explorer, writer, poet, diplomat and military personnel
Date of birth/death 19 March 1821 Edit this at Wikidata 20 October 1890 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Torquay Trieste
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