List of mosques in Iraq - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

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Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

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Name	City	Year	G	Remarks
Abu Hanifa Mosque Abu Hanifa Mosque The Abu Hanifa Mosque is one of the most prominent Sunni mosques in Baghdād, Iraq.Abu Hanifa Mosque is built around the tomb of Abū Ḥanīfah an-Nuʿmān , the founder of the Ḥanafī madhhab or school of Islamic religious jurisprudence...	Baghdād Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...	?	U	Entombs the remains of Abū Ḥanīfah an-Nuʿmān Abu Hanifa an-Nu‘man Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān , better known as Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, was the founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of fiqh .... .
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque	Baghdād Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...	8th century	TS	Entombs the remains of two Twelver Shī‘ah Imāms: Mūsā al-Kādhim Musa al-Kadhim ' was the seventh of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'a Islam. He was the son of Imam and his mother was Hamidah Khātūn, a student and former Zanjiyyah slave... and Muhammad at-Taqī.
Al-‘Abbās Mosque	Karbalā Karbala Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people ....	7th century	S	Entombs the remains of ‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī, brother of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī.
Imām Husayn Mosque	Karbalā Karbala Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people ....	7th century	S	Entombs the remains of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī, his sons ‘Alī al-Akbar and ‘Alī al-Asghar, those who fell at Karbalā, Habīb ibn Madhāhir al-Asadī Habib ibn Muzahir Habīb ibn Muzāhir al-Asadi was of the Banu Asad clan, one of the companions of Muhammad who was martyred in Karbala.-Battle of Karbala:Habib heavily contributed in the Battle of Karbala. He fought with the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali against the forces of Yazid, led by Umar ibn Sa'ad... , and Ibrāhīm al-Mujāb (son of Mūsā al-Kādhim Musa al-Kadhim ' was the seventh of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'a Islam. He was the son of Imam and his mother was Hamidah Khātūn, a student and former Zanjiyyah slave... )
Great Mosque of Kufa	Kūfa Kufa Kufa is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000....	7th century	S	The mosque entombs the remains of Muslim ibn ‘Aqīl Muslim ibn Aqeel Muslim ibn Aqeel, or Muslim ibn Aqil, was the cousin of Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, and the son of Aqeel ibn Abu Talib. Muslim ibn Aqeel was sent ahead as an envoy to Kufa to see if the people could be trusted to be loyal to the Imam Husayn. He sent word back saying that the people of Kufa... , Hānī ibn ‘Urwa Hani ibn Urwa Ibn Ziyad summoned a retainer, Ma'qil, who he tasked to act a spy and pretend he was a Shi'a in order to locate the whereabouts of Muslim ibn Aqeel. With 3,000 dirhams in his hand and by falsely convincing Muslim ibn Awsaja al-Asadi of his sincerity, Ma'qil was invited into the presence of Muslim... , and Mukhtār al-Thaqafī Al-Mukhtar al-Mukhtār ibn Abī ‘Ubayd Allah al-Thaqafī was an early Islamic revolutionary who led an abortive rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphs after the death of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala.-Life:... , along with having many sites of historical relevance within the mosque.
Imām ‘Alī Mosque	Najaf Najaf Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate...	977	S	Entombs the remains of the first Shī'ah Imām, Alī ibn Abī Tālib Ali ' \|Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam... .
Al-'Askarī Mosque	Sāmarrā'	944	TS	Entombs the remains of Twelver Shī'ah Imāms, 'Alī an-Naqī and his son Hasan al-'Askarī, as well as Narjis Khātūn Narjis Narjis was the mother of Muhammad al-Mahdi the twelfth and last Imam of Shi'a Islam and the grand-daughter of Bardas .There are two traditions regarding her ancestry, one saying that she is African while the other saying she is Greek .... and Hakimah Khātūn.
Great Mosque of Samarra Great Mosque of Samarra The Great Mosque of Samarra is a 9th century mosque located in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil who reigned from 847 until 861....	Sāmarrā'	851	U

Group

SA	Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism Wahhabism Wahhabism is a religious movement or a branch of Islam. It was developed by an 18th century Muslim theologian from Najd, Saudi Arabia. Ibn Abdul Al-Wahhab advocated purging Islam of what he considered to be impurities and innovations... )
A	Arab group
S	Shī‘ah group
TS	Twelver Shī‘ah group
U	Unknown group (or undetermineted)

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