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Visitors to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman take in the grandeur, Thursday, July 31, 2014 as the Eid holiday comes to a close. |
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| To mark the end of Ramadan, visitors tour the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman Thursday, July 31, 2014. |
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| Light pours into passageways that surround the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque that were built with more than 300,000 tons of Indian sandstone. |
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| An archway marks the main entrance of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. |
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| The interior of the main prayer area in the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is covered by hand-woven carpet from Iran that is said to have taken 400 women, over 4 years to weave and install. |
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| Sections of the rug in the main mosque or musalla of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque feature inscriptions such as the one shown above. |
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| Copies of the Quran occupy a small nook in the otherwise massive Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. |
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| A large stained glass window surrounded by intricate tile work glow in sunlight Thursday, July 24, 2014 in the main sanctuary of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. |
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| The central minaret of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque framed by one of the entranceway arches. |
