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A pulpit in a mosque, usually shaped like a small tower, where the imam stands to deliver sermons.

Minbar in al-Masjid al-Nabawi

A pulpit in a mosque, usually shaped like a small tower, where the imam stands to deliver sermons.

Ottoman-era minbar of the Molla Çelebi Mosque in Istanbul.

A pulpit in a mosque, usually shaped like a small tower, where the imam stands to deliver sermons.

The minbar of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Kairouan, Tunisia, the oldest minbar in existence, still in its original location in the prayer hall of the mosque. (Photograph from the 19th century, before a modern protective glass barrier was installed)