List of mosques in Baghdad

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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.


Rashidunids

Abbasids

Turco-Persian

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Firdos Square, the location of the former statue of Saddam Hussein.

Ottomans

Modern

Unknown

See also

References

  1. “The Great Mosque of al-Mansur at Baghdad,” Iraq, I, 1934: 105-11
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  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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