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The Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Arabic: جامع النوري, romanized: Jāmiʿ an-Nūrī) was a mosque in Mosul, Iraq. It was famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback" (Arabic: الحدباء, romanized: al-Ḥadbāˈ). Tradition holds that the mosque was first built in the late 12th century, although it ...
Leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in 2013. Destroyed by IS on 22 June 2017 during the Battle of Mosul. In 2016, IS destroyed the Minaret of Anah in Al Anbar Province, which dates back to the Abbasid Caliphate. The minaret was only rebuilt in 2013 after its destruction by an unknown perpetrator during the Iraqi Civil War in 2006 ...
Building Image District/Quarter Denomination First built Period Notes Great Mosque of Al-Nuri: Old City of Mosul Sunni 1172–1173 Zengid: First built by Nur al-Din Zangi in 1172–1173. It is best known for its leaning minaret, known as "Al-Hadba" (the hunchback). The prayer hall was rebuilt in the mid 20th century, between 1940 and 1950.
Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque: English: Mosque of the Janissaries, Greek: Gialisi Tzami, Turkish: Küçük Hasan Pasha Camii Chania: 1645 Best preserved former mosque in Chania city. Built by Ottomans honoring Kucuk Hasan Pasha. Presumed to be built on a preexisting Christian temple. The mosque has a large semispherical dome supported by stone ...
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Most of the mosques listed were built in the late 14th to early 20th centuries, when parts of modern Greece were part of the Ottoman Empire. [2] [3] Later several Christian churches throughout Greece were also converted into mosques after the Ottoman conquest, like the Hagios Demetrios church in Thessaloniki. [4]
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 ...
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