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Qara Saray (قرهسرتي) Qara Saray, meaning “The Black Palace,” was a palace complex in Mosul located on the west bank of the Tigris River.It was built by Badr al-Din Lu’lu (died 1259), mamluk emir of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled what is now northern Iraq during the thirteenth century, and who had a significant long-term impact on the history of Mosul.
In its current Arabic form and spelling (الموصل), the term Mosul (or rather Mawsil) means "linking point", or, loosely, "Junction City".On the city's eastern side are the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh, and Assyrians still call the entire city Nineveh (or Ninweh).
Nimrud (/ n ɪ m ˈ r uː d /; Syriac: ܢܢܡܪܕ Arabic: النمرود) is an ancient Assyrian city (original Assyrian name Kalḫu, biblical name Calah) located in Iraq, 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية), in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia.
The ruins of the castle were an archaeological site, [3] and were also significant as being one of the few surviving parts of Mosul's walls. [4] [5] The castle was a landmark and a symbol of Mosul's identity, [6] and it was popular with tourists from other parts of Iraq and neighbouring countries. [7] It became neglected after the invasion of ...
Historic buildings in Mosul, including churches and mosques, are being reopened following years of devastation resulting from the Iraqi city's takeover by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group.
The name "Eski Mosul" means "Old Mosul" in Turkish. [1] Eski Mosul is the site of ancient and medieval Balad, which was known as Balaṭ in Akkadian and either Balad or Balaṭ in Syriac and medieval Arabic. [1] According to Yaqut al-Hamawi, Balad was known as Shahrābādh in Sasanian times.
Hatra (/ ˈ h æ. t r ə /; Arabic: الحضر (Arabic pronunciation: [ˈħadˀ.ra]); Syriac: ܚܛܪܐ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The ruins of the city lie 290 km (180 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 110 km (68 mi) southwest of Mosul.
The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the Islamic State militant group’s ...