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Seen from the back, a neat row of 11 men with one more leader in front of them is seated on their heels in the course of doing their prayers. The qibla and wall in front of them is elaborately inlaid with multicolored marble discernible despite the monochromatic image. The mosque dates from 1415-1422.

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Filename: Men in orderly prayer at a Cairo mosque
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Image Size: 3600x2486 / 5.8MB; Egypt Egyptian mosque praying prayer Islamic religious practise rear view row order calm straw matting qibla mosque of al Muayyad 15th century
Contained in galleries: EGYPT IN THE SADAT YEARS

Seen from the back, a neat row of 11 men with one more leader in front of them is seated on their heels in the course of doing their prayers. The qibla and wall in front of them is elaborately inlaid with multicolored marble discernible despite the monochromatic image. The mosque dates from 1415-1422.