Mosque
a Mohammedan temple or for the entry and departure of the faithful, for the reading of the Koran and prayers. In this space are the maksura, MOSQUITO or seat of the Caliph; a place for the preservation of the Koran, and finally the mimbar, or kind of pulpit. A further requirement is the minaret, a kind of tower, from which the imam calls the hour of prayer, and of which the larger mosques generally possess four or six.