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List of mosques in Baghdad

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Saadia al-Omari Mosque in Baghdad

This is a list of mosques in Baghdad from different dynastic periods.

Baghdad, in Iraq, was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a center of Islamic advancements. Today, there are 912 Congregational mosques in Baghdad that conduct Friday Prayer, and 149 smaller mosques that only hold regular daily prayers.[1]

List

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Name Images Period Year Branch District Remarks
Al-Khulafa Mosque Abbasids c. 902–908 Su Rusafa Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque Abbasids c. 915 TS Kadhimiya
33°22′47.89″N 44°20′16.64″E / 33.3799694°N 44.3379556°E / 33.3799694; 44.3379556 		One of the holiest sites for Twelver Shia Islam
Abu Hanifa Mosque Abbasids c. 1065 Su Adhamiya
33°22′20″N 44°21′30″E / 33.372091°N 44.358409°E / 33.372091; 44.358409 		Preserves the tomb of Abu Hanifa, the founder of Hanafi madhhab
Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani Abbasids 12th century Su Rusafa Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi Abbasids 12th century Su Rusafa Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, the founder of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque Abbasids c. 1202 Rusafa Originally built as a mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.[2]
Qamariya Mosque Abbasids c. 1242 Karkh
Al-Sarai Mosque Turco-Persian 1293 Su Rusafa
Murjan Mosque Turco-Persian 1356 Rusafa
Al-Muradiyya Mosque Ottomans 1570 Rusafa
Syed Sultan Ali Mosque Ottomans 1590 Su Rusafa
Al-Asifyah Mosque Ottomans 1608 Su Rusafa
Al-Wazeer Mosque Ottomans 1660 Su Rusafa
Uzbek Mosque Ottomans 1682 Su Rusafa
Al-Khilani Mosque unknown c. 1726[3] TS Rusafa Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second of The Four Deputies in Twelver Shia Islam.
Al-Ahmadiya Mosque Ottomans 1796 Su Rusafa
Haydar-Khana Mosque Ottomans 1819 Su; Sh Rusafa
Al-Adliya Mosque Ottomans 1749 Rusafa
Shabandar Mosque Ottomans c. 1902 Su Adhamiya An old mosque built during the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1902 and located in the Adhamiya
17th of Ramadan Mosque Modern Iraqi 1938 Rusafa
Fatah Pasha Mosque Modern Iraqi 1943 Kadhimiya
Buratha Mosque Modern Iraqi 1954 TS Karkh Twelver Shi'ite mosque, built on the site of a former Christian monastery
Al-Shawy Mosque Modern Iraqi 1954 Su Karkh
Al-Asafi Mosque Modern Iraqi 1956 Rusafa
Umm al-Tabul Mosque Modern Iraqi 1968 Al-Mansour
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque Modern Iraqi 1973 Karkh
Hajja Saadia al-Omari Mosque Modern Iraqi 1976 Al-Mansour
Al-Rahman mosque Modern Iraqi 1999 Su; Sh Al-Mansour
33°18′42″N 44°20′58″E / 33.311693°N 44.349488°E / 33.311693; 44.349488 		Incomplete, construction halted
Umm al-Qura Mosque Modern Iraqi 2001 Su Al-Mansour
33°20′16″N 44°17′46″E / 33.337711°N 44.296058°E / 33.337711; 44.296058
Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque Modern Iraqi 2005 Su Adhamiyah A complete reconstruction of an older mosque, it contains the tomb of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta'sim.
Group
Su Sunni
Sh Shī‘ah
TS Twelver Shī‘ah

See also

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References

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  1. ^ دليل الجوامع والمساجد التراثية القديمة. pp.10–96.
  2. ^ Jawad, Aymen. ZUMURRUD KHATUN. Iraq Heritage. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  3. ^ كشط الصدا وغسل الران في زيارة العراق وما والاها من البلدان. p.57.
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