Name | Images | Location | Year | Branch | Remarks |
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17th of Ramadan Mosque | | Baghdad | 20th century | Sh | Went by many names throughout its history. |
Shrine of the Forty | | Tikrit | 5th century | Su | Entombs the remains of Amr ibn Junayda Al-Ghafari. Demolished in 2014 and undergoing restoration. |
Al Abbas Mosque | | Karbalā | 7th century | Sh | Entombs the remains of ‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī, brother of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī. |
Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani | | Baghdād | 12th century | Su | Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order |
Abu Dulaf Mosque | | Sāmarrā' | 859 | Su | |
Abu Hanifa Mosque | | Baghdād | 10th century | Su | Entombs the remains of Abū Ḥanīfah an-Nuʿmān. |
Al-Ahmadiya Mosque | | Baghdād | 1796 | Su | |
Minaret of Anah | | Anah | 996–1096 | Su | Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2016. |
Al-'Askari Mosque | | Sāmarrā' | 944 | Sh | Entombs the remains of Twelver Shī'ah Imāms, 'Alī an-Naqī and his son Hasan al-'Askarī, as well as Narjis Khātūn and Hakimah Khātūn. |
Al-Asifyah Mosque | | Baghdād | 1608 | Su | |
Great Mosque of Amadiya | | Amadiya | 1177 | Su | |
Ezra's Tomb | | Maysan Governorate | 1768 | Sh | |
Great Mosque (Aqrah) | | Aqrah | 7th century | Su | |
Green Mosque (Mosul) | | Mosul | 1133 | Su | Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014–2015. |
Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Rifa'i | | Al-Rifa'i District | before 1325 | Su | Entombs the remains of Ahmad al-Rifa'i, the founder of the Rifa'i tariqah. |
Al-Hannanah Mosque | | Kūfa-Najaf metropolis | 997–1041 | Sh | Believed to be keeping the head of Husayn ibn Ali |
Haydar-Khana Mosque | | Baghdād | 1819 | Su | |
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque | | Baghdād | 1973 | Sh | |
Imam Ali Shrine | | Najaf | 977 | Sh | Entombs the remains of the first Shī'ah Imām, Alī ibn Abī Tālib. |
Imam Ali Mosque (Basra) | | Basra | 635 | Sh |
Imam al-Baher Mosque | | Mosul | 12th–13th centuries | Su | Formerly a tomb for Imam Al-Baher which no longer exists after the reconstruction in 2022. |
Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra | | Basra | 1185 | Su | Entombs the remains of Hasan of Basra |
Imām Husayn Mosque | | Karbalā | 680 | Sh | Entombs the remains of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī, his sons ‘Alī al-Akbar and ‘Alī al-Asghar, those who fell at Karbalā, Habīb ibn Madhāhir al-Asadī, and Ibrāhīm al-Mujāb (son of Mūsā al-Kādhim) |
Al-Imam Muhsin Mosque | | Mosul | 12th century | Su | Damaged by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2015. |
Jalil Khayat Mosque | | Erbil | 1997 | Su | |
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque | | Baghdād | 915 | Sh | Entombs the remains of two Twelver Shī‘ah Imāms: Mūsā al-Kādhim and Muhammad al-Taqī. |
Mausoleum of Kumayl ibn Ziyad | | Najaf | 1950 | Sh | |
Al-Khilani Mosque | | Baghdād | ? | Sh | Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second of The Four Deputies in Twelver Shia Islam |
Al-Khulafa Mosque | | Baghdād | 902–908 | Su [4] | Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era. |
Great Mosque of Kufa | | Kūfa | 639 | Sh | The mosque entombs the remains of Muslim ibn ‘Aqīl, Hānī ibn ‘Urwa, and Mukhtār al-Thaqafī, along with having many sites of historical relevance within the mosque. |
Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque | | Tal Afar | ? | Sh | It was destroyed in 2014 by ISIL. |
Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine | | Tal Afar | 1142 | Sh | Entombs the remains of a governor of the Upper Mesopotamia. |
Al-Maqam Mosque | | Basra | 1754 | Sh | |
Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar | | Kūfa | ? | Sh | |
Mosul Grand Mosque | | Mosul | incomplete | Su | When completed, will be the largest mosque in Mosul. |
Mudhafaria Minaret | | Erbil | 1190–1232 | Su | |
Murjan Mosque | | Baghdād | 1356 | Su | |
Al-Nukhailah Mosque | | Al Kifl | 1309 | Sh | Contains Dhu'l Kifl Shrine, which houses the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel. |
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque | | Sinjar | 1239 | Sh | Contains a shrine dedicated to a daughter of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. |
Great Mosque of al-Nuri | | Mosul | 1172–1173 | Su | The minaret and mosque was destroyed in 2017 during the Battle of Mosul; reconstructed and reopened in 2024. |
Mosque of the Prophet Daniel | | Kirkuk | 15th century | Sh | Located inside the Kirkuk Citadel. Contains the tombs of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Mishael's tomb is currently no longer present in the structure. |
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque | | Mosul | 1365 | Su | Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014. |
Mosque of the Prophet Seth | | Mosul | 1791 | Su | Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014. |
Al-Rahman mosque | | Baghdād | incomplete | Sh | uncompleted, construction halted |
Al-Sahlah Mosque | | Kūfa | 656–660 | Sh | Believed to be the future home of Muhammad al-Mahdi. |
Mosque of Salman al-Farsi | | Salman Pak | 1950 | Sh | Formerly a Sunni mosque, transferred to the Shi'ite management in the 21st century. Built around the purported mausoleum of Salman al-Farsi in 1950. |
Mausoleum of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki | | Al-Kahla District | 2017 | Sh | Contains the tomb of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki, a 10th-century Muslim scholar. |
Great Mosque of Sulaymaniyah | | Sulaymaniyah | 1784 | Su | First mosque in Sulaymaniyah. Entombs the remains of local cleric Haji Kaka Ahmad and his grandson Mahmud Barzanji. It contains a cafeteria where meals for the needy are served. |
Said Sultan Ali Mosque | | Baghdād | 1590 | Su | |
Great Mosque of Samarra | | Sāmarrā' | 851 | Su | |
Al-Sarai Mosque | | Baghdād | 1293 | Su | |
Mashhad Radd al-Shams | | Hillah | 1190 | Sh | Formerly a Babylonian temple, now a shrine believed to be the spot where the event of Radd al-Shams occurred. |
Shaykh Rajab Mosque | | Rawa | 1625 | Su | |
Imam Sultan Saqi Shrine | | Kirkuk | ? | Sh | Historic site in Kirkuk which also includes a cemetery around it. |
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi | | Baghdād | 12th century | Su | Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, the founder of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order |
Umm al-Tabul Mosque | | Baghdād | 1968 | Su | Built in commemoration of the officers participating in the 1959 Mosul uprising. |
Umm al-Qura Mosque | | Baghdād | 2001 | Su | |
Al-Wazeer Mosque | | Baghdād | 1660 | Su | |
Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim | | Mosul | 799 | Sh | Entombs the remains of Abu'l Qasim Yahya ibn al-Hasan. Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014. |
Al-Hamra Mosque | | Kufa | 7th century; 2018 reconstruction | Sh | One of the oldest mosques in Kufa, it includes a small shrine dedicated to biblical Jonah (Prophet Yunus). |
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque | | Baghdād | 1202 | Su | Originally built as mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad. [5] |