Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

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View of the minbar in the Hagia Sophia, located to the right of the mihrab in the apse.

See this photo and this photo for views of the sides of the minbar.

A minbar is a pulpit used by the imam to give the Friday sermon in a mosque. Hagia Sophia's minbar was installed by Sultan Murat III (1574-95).

Up in the apse is a mosaic of the Virgin and Child, the oldest surviving mosaic in the Hagia Sophia.

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