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'The Congregational Mosque in Samarra') is a mosque from the 9th century CE located in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil who reigned (in Samarra) from 847 until 861. At the time of construction, it was the world's largest mosque. [1]
Al-Askari Shrine, the ' Askariyya Shrine, or Al-Askari Mosque [a] is a Shia Muslim mosque and mausoleum in the Iraqi city of Samarra 125 km (78 mi) from Baghdad. It is one of the most important Shia shrines in the world.
The city was further developed under Caliph al-Mutawakkil, who sponsored the construction of lavish palace complexes, such as al-Mutawakkiliyya, and the Great Mosque of Samarra with its famous spiral minaret or Malwiya, built-in 847. [8] For his son al-Mu'tazz he built the large palace Bulkuwara. Qasr al-'Ashiq, an Abbasid-era palace near Samarra
The Great Mosque of Samarra built by al-Mutawakkil measured 256 by 139 metres (840 by 456 ft), had a flat wooden roof supported by columns, and was decorated with marble panels and glass mosaics. [48] The prayer hall of the Abu Dulaf Mosque at Samarra had arcades on rectangular brick piers running at right angles to the qibla wall.
Abu Qudama confessed to taking part in the attack on al-Askari mosque in Samarra and gave a detailed account of how the attack took place. Al-Rubaie said Iraqi security forces had yet to capture the mastermind of the mosque attack, Haitham al-Badri, an Iraqi and leader of one of AQI's cells who was later killed in an airstrike on 2 August 2007 ...
836 – Samarra established and the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim relocated capital from Baghdad to Samarra. [1] [2] 848 – Great Mosque of Samarra built [3] 859 – Abu Dulaf Mosque built [4] 861 – 11 December: Caliph Al-Mutawakkil assassinated. [5] [6] 868 – The Islamic scholar and the 10th imam from the Twelve Imams Ali al-Hadi died in ...
Samarra is a city in central Iraq, which served as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate from 836 to 892. Founded by the caliph al-Mu'tasim, Samarra was briefly a major metropolis that stretched dozens of kilometers along the east bank of the Tigris, but was largely abandoned in the latter half of the 9th century, especially following the return of the caliphs to Baghdad.
Great Mosque of Samarra: Samarra Iraq: 848: Al-Askari Mosque: Samarra Iraq: 944: Shia (Twelver) Shrine of the 10th and 11th Twelver Shi'ite Imams: Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari. Imam Ali Mosque: Najaf Iraq: 977: Shia, Sunni Houses the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad's cousin and fourth Caliph, and the first person of the Shia Imamate.