List of mosques in Iraq
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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] In Fallujah, there are 970 mosques according to the 2009 data.[3]
Name | Images | Location | Year | Branch | Remarks |
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17th of Ramadan Mosque | ![]() |
Baghdad | 20th century | ? | 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 | ? | Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2016. |
Al-'Askari Mosque | ![]() |
Sāmarrā' | 944 | TS | 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 | ? | |
Great Mosque of Amadiya | ![]() |
Amadiya | 1177 | ? | |
Ezra's Tomb | ![]() |
Maysan Governorate | 1768 | ? | |
Great Mosque (Aqrah) | ![]() |
Aqrah | 7th century | Su | |
Green Mosque (Mosul) | ![]() |
Mosul | 1133 | ? | 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 | ? | |
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque | ![]() |
Baghdād | 1973 | ? | |
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 | ? | |
Imam al-Baher Mosque | ![]() |
Mosul | 12th-13th century | ? | 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 | ? | Damaged by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2015. |
Jalil Khayat Mosque | ![]() |
Erbil | 1997 | Su | |
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque | ![]() |
Baghdād | 915 | TS | 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 | ? | |
Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar | ![]() |
Kūfa | ? | Sh | |
Mosul Grand Mosque | ![]() |
Mosul | ? | Su | The largest mosque in Mosul. |
Mudhafaria Minaret | ![]() |
Erbil | 1190-1232 | ? | |
Murjan Mosque | ![]() |
Baghdād | 1356 | ? | |
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 was destroyed in 2017 during the Battle of Mosul. |
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 | ? | Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014. |
Mosque of the Prophet Seth | ![]() |
Mosul | 1791 | ? | Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014. |
Al-Rahman mosque | ![]() |
Baghdād | 1999 | ? | 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 | Unknown | 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 | Last reconstruction 2018, first built in 7th century | Sh | One of the oldest mosques in Kufa, it includes a small shrine dedicated to biblical Jonah (Prophet Yunus). |
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque | Baghdād | 1202 | ? | Originally built as mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.[5] |
Su | Sunni |
Sh | Shī‘ah |
TS | Twelver Shī‘ah |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ بغداد - خدمة قدس برس - نور الدين العويديدي.Al Arab News. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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- ^ Why is Khulafa Mosque's minaret on verge of collapse? Al Monitor. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ Jawad, Aymen. ZUMURRUD KHATUN. Iraq Heritage. Retrieved January 4, 2018.