List of mosques in Baghdad

Baghdad, located in Iraq, was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a center of Islamic advancements. The Golden Age ended in 1258 when the Mongols laid siege to the city and demolished many of its libraries and monuments.

Abu Hanifa mosque 2015

Rashidunids

AlKhulafa Mosque 2016
AlKhulafa Mosque 2014

Abbasids

Main hall of Abu Hanifa Mosque in 2014
Al Sarai Mosque in 2014
Al khelani Mosque in 2012

Turco-Persian

Firdos Square, the location of the former statue of Saddam Hussein.
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque main entrance in 1970

Ottomans

Al-Hayder Khana Mosque

Modern

Unknown

See also

References

  1. “The Great Mosque of al-Mansur at Baghdad,” Iraq, I, 1934: 105-11
  2. ArchNet.org. "Baghdad". Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. The construction of the Saddam Grand Mosque was stopped at an extremely early stage. It is often confused with the Al-Rahman mosque.
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