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Maksoora

MAKSOORA, the term in Mahommedan architecture given to the sanctuary or praying-chamber in a mosque, which was sometimes enclosed with a screen of lattice-work; the word is occasionally used for a similar enclosure round a tomb.

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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