Dikka

Dikka, also Dakka, is an increased free-standing platform or a gallery of wood or stone into mosques. Depending on the size of the mosque, the Dikka is either only about 30 to 40 cm or three feet above the ground. They were built in the 9th century.

On the Dikka the nobles and rulers course or the muezzin took repeated the prayers and pretended the prescribed movements during prayer. In Turkish mosques this platform mahfil means.

However, the Dikka was felt over time as disturbing as they restricted the view of the mihrab ( prayer niche). In most modern mosques which are equipped with speakers, it therefore has only a symbolic character.

• Islamic Architecture