List of mosques in Baghdad

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Saadia al-Omari Mosque in Baghdad

This is a list of mosques in Baghdad from different dynastic periods.

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

List

Name	Images	Period	Year	Branch	District	Remarks
Al-Khulafa Mosque		Abbasids	c. 902–908	Su	Rusafa	Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque		Abbasids	c. 915	TS	Kadhimiya 33°22′47.89″N44°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		Abbasids	c. 1065	Su	Adhamiya 33°22′20″N44°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		Abbasids	12th century	Su	Rusafa	Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi		Abbasids	12th century	Su	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		Abbasids	c. 1202		Rusafa	Originally built as a mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad. [2]
Qamariya Mosque		Abbasids	c. 1242		Karkh
Al-Sarai Mosque		Turco-Persian	1293	Su	Rusafa
Murjan Mosque		Turco-Persian	1356		Rusafa
Al-Muradiyya Mosque		Ottomans	1570		Rusafa
Syed Sultan Ali Mosque		Ottomans	1590	Su	Rusafa
Al-Asifyah Mosque		Ottomans	1608	Su	Rusafa
Al-Wazeer Mosque		Ottomans	1660	Su	Rusafa
Uzbek Mosque		Ottomans	1682	Su	Rusafa
Al-Khilani Mosque		unknown	c. 1726 [3]	TS	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.
Al-Ahmadiya Mosque		Ottomans	1796	Su	Rusafa
Haydar-Khana Mosque		Ottomans	1819	Su; Sh	Rusafa
Al-Adliya Mosque		Ottomans	1749		Rusafa
Shabandar Mosque		Ottomans	c. 1902	Su	Adhamiya	An old mosque built during the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1902 and located in the Adhamiya
17th of Ramadan Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1938		Rusafa
Fatah Pasha Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1943		Kadhimiya
Buratha Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1954	TS	Karkh	Twelver Shi'ite mosque, built on the site of a former Christian monastery
Al-Shawy Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1954	Su	Karkh
Al-Asafi Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1956		Rusafa
Umm al-Tabul Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1968		Al-Mansour
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1973		Karkh
Hajja Saadia al-Omari Mosque		Modern Iraqi	1976		Al-Mansour
Al-Rahman mosque		Modern Iraqi	1999	Su; Sh	Al-Mansour 33°18′42″N44°20′58″E / 33.311693°N 44.349488°E / 33.311693; 44.349488	Incomplete, construction halted
Umm al-Qura Mosque		Modern Iraqi	2001	Su	Al-Mansour 33°20′16″N44°17′46″E / 33.337711°N 44.296058°E / 33.337711; 44.296058
Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque		Modern Iraqi	2005	Su	Adhamiyah	A complete reconstruction of an older mosque, it contains the tomb of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta'sim.

Group

Su	Sunni
Sh	Shī‘ah
TS	Twelver Shī‘ah

See also

• Islam portal
• Iraq portal
• Architecture portal

• Architecture of Iraq
• Islam in Iraq
• List of mosques in Iraq
• Tourism in Baghdad

References

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.

External links

• Baghdad Mosques, GlobalSecurity.org