List of mosques in Iraq

This is a list of mosques in Iraq.

Name Images City Year G Remarks
Abu Hanifa Mosque
Baghdād ? U Entombs the remains of Abū Ḥanīfah an-Nuʿmān.
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
Baghdād 8th century TS Entombs the remains of two Twelver Shī‘ah Imāms: Mūsā al-Kādhim and Muhammad at-Taqī.
Al-‘Abbās Mosque
Karbalā 7th century S Entombs the remains of ‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī, brother of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī.
Imām Husayn Mosque
Karbalā 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, and Ibrāhīm al-Mujāb (son of Mūsā al-Kādhim)
Great Mosque of Kufa
Kūfa 7th century S The mosque entombs the remains of Muslim ibn ‘Aqīl, Hānī ibn ‘Urwa, and Mukhtār al-Thaqafī, along with having many sites of historical relevance within the mosque.
Imām ‘Alī Mosque
Najaf 977 S Entombs the remains of the first Shī'ah Imām, Alī ibn Abī Tālib.
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 and Hakimah Khātūn.
Great Mosque of Samarra
Sāmarrā' 851 U
Group
SA Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism)
A Arab group
S Shī‘ah group
TS Twelver Shī‘ah group
U Unknown group (or undetermineted)

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