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| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque |
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The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque has no minaret as it was built for the use of the shah's family. It dates from 1619. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque |
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The mosque faces the square. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque |
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A group of men outside the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque |
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Detail of the gateway entrance of the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque |
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The dome of the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque has pale coloured tiles with flowery designs. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque |
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Passageway leading to the prayer hall in the Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
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Jameh Mosque |
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The Jameh Mosque is the largest in Iran and was added to over many centuries. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
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Jameh Mosque |
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The brick prayer hall in the northern area of the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
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Jameh Mosque |
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Coridor in the northern area of the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Yazd |
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Hazireh Mosque |
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The Hazireh Mosque is fronted by tall and thin gateway, typical of Yazd. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Yazd |
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Hazireh Mosque |
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Yazd mosques have the minarets on the tall gaterway. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Yazd |
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Hazireh Mosque |
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Tiles on the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Yazd |
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Jameh Mosque |
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The courtyard of the Jameh Mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Yazd |
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Jameh Mosque |
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Detail from the entrance portal of the 15th century mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Vakil Mosque |
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The Northern entrance gate of Vakil Mosque which dates from the Zand era. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Vakil Mosque |
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The Southern Iwan is one of the mosque's two gates. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Vakil Mosque |
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Three students at the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Vakil Mosque |
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Looking into the mosque's courtyard from the prayer hall. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Atigh Mosque |
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The Atigh Mosque is the oldest Islamic building in Shiraz, dating from 894. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Nasir ol Molk Mosque |
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The Nasir ol Molk Mosque dates from the 19th century. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Nasir ol Molk Mosque |
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The mosque is a riot of colour and decoration. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Nasir ol Molk Mosque |
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Family visiting the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Saladin Hussein Mosque |
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The Mosque of Saladin Hussein. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Shiraz |
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Saladin Hussein Mosque |
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Tilework on the Mosque of Saladin Hussein. |
2010 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Syed Sultan Ali Mosque |
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The Syed Sultan Ali Mosque dates from the Ottoman period (1590) and is named after a pasha (governor). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Khan Murjan Mosque |
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The Khan Murjan Mosque is from the Abbasid era (1410). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Khan Murjan Mosque |
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The mosque is famed for its brickwork and has three domes. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Qishleh |
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The Abbasid style Quishla Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Qishleh |
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Brick dome and tiled minaret of the Quishla Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Qishleh |
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The decorated entrance of the Quishla Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Qishleh |
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Decorated stonework above a window on the Quishla Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Hyder-Khana Mosque |
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The Hyder-Khana Mosque on Rashid Street near Mutanabbi Street. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Alasfia Mosque |
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The Alasfia Mosque on the Martyr's Bridge. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Alasfia Mosque |
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The mosque has twin domes. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
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The Wazzar Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
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The Khulafa Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Al Khilani Mosque |
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The Al Khilani Mosque is at a major intersection on the edge of the Old City. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Sheikh Abdul Qadir al Jilani Mosque |
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The Sheikh Abdul Qadir al Jilani Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Firdos Square |
Ramadan Mosque |
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The Ramadan Mosque overlooks the spot where Saddam Hussein's statue was torn down by local Iraqis and the USA invasion forces in 2003. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Firdos Square |
Ramadan Mosque |
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The mosque entrance. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Karada |
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A former mosque now part of a row of shops. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Shrine of Omar Sahrawardi |
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The entrance to the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Khadamiya |
Imam al-Kadham Shrine |
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The Imam al-Kadham Shrine is the largest Shia mosque in Baghdad. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Khadamiya |
Imam al-Kadham Shrine |
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The current mosque dates from 1515 and is the largest Shia mosque in Baghdad. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Ibn Buniya Mosque |
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The Ibn Buniya Mosque is close to the railway station. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Al Shawy Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Al Zawraa Park |
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View of the Ibn Buniya Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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The minaret of the Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Niche from the 8th century from the Al Khaski Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Mosque lamp. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Mimbar (pulpit) from the Great Mosque of Amadiya (1146). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Detail of the Great Mosque of Amadiya mimbar. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Detail of the Great Mosque of Amadiya mimbar. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Carved door from the Great Mosque of Amadiya (1146). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Carved decoration from a mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Niche from the Al Nouri Mosque (12th century). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Carved inlaid wooden door from a mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Prayer niche from a mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Mosque of the Barber |
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The Mosque of the Barber is behind a security wall. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Mosque of the Barber |
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The mosque is dedicated to Salman Pak, the barber of the Prophet. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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The city was captured by Arabs in 637 and became a mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is also known as the Malwiyya Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque was built in 851 by Caliph Mutasim. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque was the largest in the world at the time it was built and had 464 columns in the enclosure. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque is famous for its spiral minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the mosque enclosure from the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The staircase, the mosque enclosure and the town. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the mosque enclosure from the half way point of the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the golden dome of the Al Askari Mosque in the modern town. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The Abu Dalaf Mosque in the desert. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The mosque is a smaller version of the Great Mosque of Samarra and dates from 861. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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Before 2022 the ruins of the mosque were too dangerous to visit. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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This mosque is remote and abandoned but picturesque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The minaret dominates the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The spiral minaret of the Great Mosque from the desert. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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The golden domed Al-Askari Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Three Shia imams are buried within the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
Wadi Al-Salaam |
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One of a dozen mosques in the cemetary. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Kufa is a city of beautiful mosques. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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The Al Mamali is one of the many mosques in the majority Shia city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is the most important in the city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque dates from the 7th century. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The architecture of the mosque resembles a pre-Islamic Persian palace. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque at Kufa is important as the place where Imam Ali (a cousin of the Prophet and one of the first converts to Islam) was assassinated in 661. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque is very beautiful in the late afternoon sunlight. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque is considered one of the most important for Shias. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Riverside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Sulemaniya |
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Bazaar |
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The Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Sulemaniya |
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Golden domed mosque in the North of the city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Mosque near Said Sadiq. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Said Sadiq |
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Brick mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
Bazaar |
Grand Mosque |
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The minaret of the 400 year old Grand Mosque is only visible from the bazaar. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Dohuk |
Bazaar |
Grand Mosque |
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The mosque was constructed by Sultan Hussain Wali in the 1600s. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Ottoman style mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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The Hurke Mosque is next to a lorry and car stop. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.