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Definition of Kiblas
1. kibla [n] - See also: kibla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiblas
Literary usage of Kiblas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in History and Jurisprudence by James Bryce Bryce (1901)
"Along the side towards Mecca are four short recesses (kiblas) resembling the
apses of an early Christian basilica, though much smaller, one for each of the ..."
2. Mount Lebanon: A Ten Years' Residence, from 1842 to 1852, Describing the by Charles Henry Churchill (1853)
"I am he who destroys the two kiblas, who abolishes the two laws, and the two
professions ... The two kiblas, the two Jaws, and the two professions of faith, ..."
3. Studies in History and Jurisprudence by James Bryce Bryce (1901)
"As I entered this Liwan, the hour of midday prayers had arrived, and the crowd
of students rose suddenly and, turning towards the four kiblas, ..."
4. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"... but the early - Egyptian columns were too colossal to be used except occasionally
as supports for domes or mausolea or for the kiblas. ..."
5. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta by Reginald Heber, Amelia Heber (1873)
"... of different sizes, from small terraces, with kiblas for prayers down to stone
coffins, as they are sometimes called in England, and as they are found, ..."
6. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary by Ibn Khallikān (1843)
"This temple is the first of the two kiblas (14), the second of the two " sacred
Mosques (15), the third after the two holy cities ..."
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