Dikka
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Dikka is a term in Muslim architecture for a tribune raised upon columns from which the Koran is recited and prayers are intoned by the Imam of a mosque.[1]
References
- ↑ Chisholm 1911, p. 270.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dikka". Encyclopædia Britannica 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 270.