List of mosques in Baghdad

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Baghdad, located in Iraq, was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a center of Islamic advancements. This is a list of mosques in Baghdad from different dynastic periods. Today, there are 912 Congregational mosques in Baghdad that conduct Friday Prayer, and 149 smaller mosques that only hold regular daily prayers.[1]

## Abbasids[edit]

Name  | Images  | Year  | District  | Remarks

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Al-Khulafa Mosque |  | c. 902–908  |

Rusafa

| Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque |  | c. 915  |

Kadhimiya
33°22′47.89″N 44°20′16.64″E﻿ / ﻿33.3799694°N 44.3379556°E﻿ / 33.3799694; 44.3379556

| One of the holiest sites for Twelver Shia Islam
Abu Hanifa Mosque |  | c. 1065  |

Adhamiya
33°22′20″N 44°21′30″E﻿ / ﻿33.372091°N 44.358409°E﻿ / 33.372091; 44.358409

| Preserves the tomb of Abu Hanifa, the founder of Hanafi madhhab
Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani |  | 12th century  |

Rusafa

| Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi |  | 12th century  |

Rusafa

| Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, the founder of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque |  | c. 1202  |

Rusafa

| Originally built as a mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.[2]
Qamariya Mosque |  | c. 1242  |

Karkh

## Turco-Persian[edit]

Name  | Images  | Year  | District  | Remarks

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Al-Sarai Mosque |  | 1293  |

Rusafa

Murjan Mosque |  | 1356  |

Rusafa

## Ottomans[edit]

Name  | Images  | Year  | District  | Remarks

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Al-Muradiyya Mosque |  | 1570  |

Rusafa

Syed Sultan Ali Mosque |  | 1590  |

Rusafa

Al-Asifyah Mosque |  | 1608  |

Rusafa

Al-Wazeer Mosque |  | 1660  |

Rusafa

Uzbek Mosque |  | 1682  |

Rusafa

Al-Ahmadiya Mosque |  | 1796  |

Rusafa

Haydar-Khana Mosque |  | 1819  |

Rusafa

Al-Adliya Mosque  |  | 1749  |

Rusafa

## Modern[edit]

Name  | Images  | Year  | District  | Remarks

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17th of Ramadan Mosque |  | 1938  |

Rusafa

Fatah Pasha Mosque |  | 1943  |

Kadhimiya

Buratha Mosque |  | 1954  |

Karkh

| Shi'ite mosque, built on the site of a former Christian monastery.
Al-Shawy Mosque |  | 1954  |

Karkh

Al-Asafi Mosque |  | 1956  |

Rusafa

Umm al-Tabul Mosque |  | 1968  |

Al-Mansour

Ibn Bunnieh Mosque |  | 1973  |

Karkh

Hajja Saadia al-Omari Mosque  |  | 1976  |

Al-Mansour

Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque |  | 2005  |

Adhamiyah

| A complete reconstruction of an older mosque, it contains the tomb of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta'sim.
Al-Rahman mosque |  | 1999  |

Al-Mansour
33°18′42″N 44°20′58″E﻿ / ﻿33.311693°N 44.349488°E﻿ / 33.311693; 44.349488

| uncompleted, construction halted
Umm al-Qura Mosque |  | 2001  |

Al-Mansour
33°20′16″N 44°17′46″E﻿ / ﻿33.337711°N 44.296058°E﻿ / 33.337711; 44.296058

## Unknown[edit]

Name  | Images  | Year  | District  | Remarks

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Shabandar Mosque |  | Oldest mention in 1902  |

Adhamiya

| An old mosque built during the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1902 and located in the Adhamiya
Al-Khilani Mosque |  | Oldest mention in 1726[3] |

Rusafa

| Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second of The Four Deputies in Twelver Shia Islam

## See also[edit]

* Iraqi art
* List of mosques in Iraq

## References[edit]

1. ^ دليل الجوامع والمساجد التراثية القديمة. pp.10-96.
2. ^ Jawad, Aymen. ZUMURRUD KHATUN. Iraq Heritage. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
3. ^ كشط الصدا وغسل الران في زيارة العراق وما والاها من البلدان. p.57.

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Mosques in Iraq

Baghdad|

* 17th of Ramadan Mosque
* Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani
* Abu Hanifa Mosque
* Al-Adiliyya Mosque
* Adila Khatun Mosque
* Mosque-Madrasa of al-Ahmadiyya
* Mosque-Madrasa of al-Asifyah
* Buratha Mosque
* Grand Mosque of Baghdad
* Haydar-Khana Mosque
* Al-Kādhimiya Mosque
* Al-Khilani Mosque
* Al-Khulafa Mosque
* Al-Rahman Mosque
* Al-Sarai Mosque
* Al-Shawy Mosque
* Ibn Bunnieh Mosque
* Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal Shrine
* Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi
* Al-Muradiyya Mosque
* Murjan Mosque
* Qamariya Mosque
* Syed Sultan Ali Mosque
* Shabandar Mosque
* Sheikh Ma'ruf Mosque
* Umm al-Tabul Mosque
* Umm al-Qura Mosque
* Uzbek Mosque
* Al-Wazeer Mosque
* Zumurrud Khatun Mosque

Mosul|

* Great Mosque of al-Nuri
* Mosul Grand Mosque
* Mosque of the Prophet Jonah
* Mosque of the Prophet Seth
* Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim

Kufa-Najaf|

* Al-Hannanah Mosque
* Great Mosque of Kufa
* Imam Ali Shrine
* Al-Sahlah Mosque

Samarra|

* Abu Dulaf Mosque
* Al ‘Askarī Mosque
* Great Mosque of Samarra

Karbala|

* Al ‘Abbās Mosque
* Imām Husayn Mosque

Other cities|

* Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai Mosque
* Ezra's Tomb
* Great Basra Mosque
* Great Mosque of Aqrah
* Great Mosque of Amadiya
* Imam Ali Mosque (Basra)
* Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra
* Imam Mosa Al Kadhim Grand Mosque
* Al-Kawaz Mosque
* Jalil Khayat Mosque
* Al-Maqam Mosque
* Minaret of Anah
* Mudhafaria Minaret
* Al-Nukhailah Mosque
* Mosque of the Prophet Daniel
* Salman Al-Farsi Mosque
* Al-Sarraji Mosque
* Al-Ajbal Mosque
* Mosque of Sayyid Ar-Mahmoud

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