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. 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.

Abbasids

Name	Images	Year	District	Remarks
Al-Khulafa Mosque		c. 902–908	Rusafa	Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque		c. 915	Kadhimiya 33°22′47.89″N 44°20′16.64″E	One of the holiest sites for Twelver Shia Islam
Abu Hanifa Mosque		c. 1065	Adhamiya 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		12th century	Rusafa	Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi		12th century	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		c. 1202	Rusafa	Originally built as a mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.
Qamariya Mosque		c. 1242	Karkh

Turco-Persian

Name	Images	Year	District	Remarks
Al-Sarai Mosque		1293	Rusafa
Murjan Mosque		1356	Rusafa

Ottomans

Name	Images	Year	District	Remarks
Al-Muradiyya Mosque		1570	Rusafa
Syed Sultan Ali Mosque		1590	Rusafa
Al-Asifyah Mosque		1608	Rusafa
Al-Wazeer Mosque		1660	Rusafa
Uzbek Mosque		1682	Rusafa
Al-Ahmadiya Mosque		1796	Rusafa
Haydar-Khana Mosque		1819	Rusafa
Al-Adliya Mosque		1749	Rusafa

Modern

Name	Images	Year	District	Remarks
17th of Ramadan Mosque		1938	Rusafa
Fatah Pasha Mosque		1943	Kadhimiya
Buratha Mosque		1954	Karkh	Shi'ite mosque, built on the site of a former Christian monastery.
Al-Shawy Mosque		1954	Karkh
Al-Asafi Mosque		1956	Rusafa
Umm al-Tabul Mosque		1968	Al-Mansour
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque		1973	Karkh
Hajja Saadia al-Omari Mosque		1976	Al-Mansour
Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque		2005	Adhamiyah	A complete reconstruction of an older mosque, it contains the tomb of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta'sim.
Al-Rahman mosque		1999	Al-Mansour 33.311693°N 44.349488°E / 33.311693; 44.349488	uncompleted, construction halted
Umm al-Qura Mosque		2001	Al-Mansour 33.337711°N 44.296058°E / 33.337711; 44.296058

Unknown

Name	Images	Year	District	Remarks
Shabandar Mosque		Oldest mention in 1902	Adhamiya	An old mosque built during the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1902 and located in the Adhamiya
Al-Khilani Mosque		Oldest mention in 1726	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

See also

• Iraqi art
• List of mosques in Iraq

External links

• Baghdad Mosques, GlobalSecurity.org