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Al-Sarraji Mosque (Arabic: جامع السراجي) is an ancient historical mosque located in the Abi al-Khasib district in Basra, Iraq. Al-Sarraji Mosque is characterized by its ancient heritage and archaeological architecture and is distinguished by its luxurious archaeological minaret built of ancient bricks. [ 1 ]
Al-Sarai Mosque (Arabic: جامع السراي), also known as Hassan Pasha Mosque or Al-Nasr li-Din Allah Mosque, is a historic Sunni Islamic mosque located in Baghdad, Iraq, in the south of al-Rusafa on Zuqaq al-Sarai. The mosque was said to be first laid by 34th Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in 1193 CE. [1] [2] The mosque was also nicknamed "The ...
This is a list of mosques in Iraq. There are 7,000 Sunni mosques and 3,500 Shia mosques in Iraq as a whole. [ 1 ] According to the Office of Waqf and Sunnah in Iraq, in the capital city of Baghdad , there are 912 Jama Masjids that conduct Friday Prayer and 149 smaller mosques which only hold regular daily prayers . [ 2 ]
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned ...
The Imam Ali Al Sharqi Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الإمام علي الشرقي) is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River in the city of Ali Al Sharqi in the Maysan Governorate of Iraq. It is named for an 11th-century saint named Sayyid Ali al-Sharji, known locally as Ali al-Sharqi, who is buried in the mosque.
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]
Al-Kawaz Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكواز) is a mosque in Basra, Iraq which was founded in 1514. It was built by a branch of Banu al-Abbas and is one of the only remaining Islamic-style minarets in Basra, with the other being al-Sarraji Mosque .
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.