Kiblah

Kiblah

Kiblah (Kible, arab.), 1) bei den Muhammedanern die heilige Gegend, wohin die Männer beim Gebet ihr Gesicht wenden; 2) der diese Richtung anzeigende Koranschrank in jeder Moschee.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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