mueddin

One night by the Kasbah the voice of a watchman broke upon the city's silence, at a time when the mueddin was at rest, and it was not incumbent upon the faithful to pray.

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

I watched the procession wind its way out of sight to the burial-ground by the mosque, whose mueddin would greet its arrival with the cry, "May Allah have mercy upon him."

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

From the minaret that overlooks the mosque the mueddin calls for the evening prayer; from the side of the Kutubia Tower and the minaret of Sidi bel Abbas, as from all the lesser mosques, the cry is taken up.

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

Eighteen busy hours had passed since the mueddin called to "feyer" from the minaret above the Tin House, but my long-sought rest was destined to be brief.

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

The voice of the mueddin, chanting the call to prayer and the Shehad, [20] roused me again, refreshed.

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

When the mueddin began the chant that sounded so impressive and so mournful as it was echoed from every minaret in the city, the first approach of light would have been visible in the east, and in these latitudes day comes and goes upon winged feet.

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

We turned down an alley more muddy than the one just left behind, passed under an arch by a fruit stall with a covering of tattered palmetto, caught a brief glimpse of a mosque minaret, and heard the mueddin calling the Faithful to evening prayer.

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

Like some mueddin of fantastic fable I stood there.

The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Sax Rohmer 1921

But instead of the trumpet proclaiming the new moon, Michael heard the sonorous cries of the _mueddin_, calling out the hour of Moslem prayer from the galleries round the tall minarets, which rose from the city like the lotus-headed columns of ancient Egypt.

There was a King in Egypt Norma Lorimer 1906

These were the only absolutely indispensable features of a mosque, but as early as the ninth century the _minaret_ was added, from which the call to prayer could be sounded over the city by the _mueddin_.

A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890