Two elements from the minbar of Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, dated 546 1151

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Two elements from the minbar of Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, dated 546 1151, Made in Iran, Yazd, Wood (teak); carved and painted, H. 18 1/4 in. ( cm), Wood, This fragment comes from a minbar, or pulpit, from which announcements and Friday sermons were delivered to the Muslim community. The fragment crowned the upper part of the minbar where the imam, or prayer leader, would sit

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