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Baghdad, located in Iraq, was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a center of Islamic advancements. This is a list of mosques in Baghdad from different dynastic periods. Today, there are 912 Congregational mosques in Baghdad that conduct Friday Prayer, and 149 smaller mosques that only hold regular daily prayers. [1]
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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 ]
Al-Khulafa Mosque (Arabic: جامع الخلفاء, romanized: Jami' Al-Khulafa) is a historic Sunni Islamic mosque located in Baghdad, Iraq. It is located on the Jumhuriya Street in al-Rusafa side of the city. It is the oldest surviving mosque in Baghdad. [1]
Taking into account the climatic conditions of the city of Baghdad, the thickness of the walls is 2.5 meters. [27] The Mosque also contains a number of madrasas of Islamic sciences and a library that contains works of the most prominent scholars of the city. [28] Exterior details of the mosque
The Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani, also known as Al-Ḥaḍrat Al-Qādiriyyah (Arabic: ٱلْحَضْرَة ٱلْقَادِرِيَّة) or Mazār Ghous (Persian: مزار غوث), is an Islamic religious complex dedicated to Abdul Qadir Gilani, the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, located in Baghdad, Iraq. Its surrounding square is ...
Due to the climate of Baghdad, the walls of the mosque-madrasa are thick with them being 2.5 meters wide. Similar to the walls of the Haydar-Khana Mosque. [6] The high minaret of the mosque contains multi-colored faience work. [4] It sits on an octagonal base, although this base is only seen from the western view of the mosque.
Al-Khilani Mosque is the most well-known building in the square that the square is named after.. During the Iraqi civil war, on 19 June 2007, a truck bomb exploded near al-Khilani Mosque killing at least 78 people and injuring almost 200 others while they were leaving the mosque.