List of mosques in Iraq

This is a list of mosques in Iraq. There are 7,000 Sunni mosques and 3,500 Shia mosques in Iraq as a whole.^[1] According to the Office of Waqf and Sunnah in Iraq, in the capital city of Baghdad, there are 912 Jama Masjids which conduct Friday Prayer and 149 smaller mosques which only hold regular daily prayers.^[2] In Falujah, there are 970 mosques according to the 2009 data.^[3]

Name	Images	Location	Year	Branch	Remarks
		Baghdād	1938	?
Al Abbas Mosque		Karbalā	7th century	Sh	Entombs the remains of ‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī, brother of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī.
Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani		Baghdād	12th century	Su	Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Abu Dulaf Mosque		Sāmarrā'	859	Su
Abu Hanifa Mosque		Baghdād	10th century	Su	Entombs the remains of Abū Ḥanīfah an-Nuʿmān.
Al-Ahmadiya Mosque		Baghdād	1796	Su
Minaret of Anah		Anah	996-1096	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2016.
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.
Al-Asifyah Mosque		Baghdād	1608	?
Great Mosque of Amadiya		Amadiya	1177	?
Ezra's Tomb		Maysan Governorate	1768	?
Great Mosque (Aqrah)		Aqrah	7th century	Su
Green Mosque (Mosul)		Mosul	1133	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014-2015.
		Ramadi	1999	?	Formerly called Great Mosque of Saddam.
		Baghdād	1973	?
Al-Hannanah Mosque		Kūfa-Najaf metropolis	997-1041	Sh	Believed to be keeping the head of Husayn ibn Ali
Haydar-Khana Mosque		Baghdād	1819	?
Imām ‘Alī Mosque		Najaf	977	Sh	Entombs the remains of the first Shī'ah Imām, Alī ibn Abī Tālib.
Imam Ali Mosque (Basra)		Basra	635	?
Imam al-Baher Mosque		Mosul	12th-13th century	?	Preserves the tomb of Imam Al-Baher.Destroyed by ISIL in 2014 by explosives.
Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra		Basra	1185	Su	Entombs the remains of Hasan of Basra
Imām Husayn Mosque		Karbalā	680	Sh	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)
Al-Imam Muhsin Mosque		Mosul	12th century	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2015.
Jalil Khayat Mosque		Erbil	1997	Su
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque		Baghdād	915	TS	Entombs the remains of two Twelver Shī‘ah Imāms: Mūsā al-Kādhim and Muhammad al-Taqī.
		Najaf	?	Sh
Al-Khilani Mosque		Baghdād	?	Sh	Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second of The Four Deputies in Twelver Shia Islam
Al-Khulafa Mosque		Baghdād	902-908	Su[4]	Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Great Mosque of Kufa		Kūfa	639	Sh	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.
Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque		Tal Afar	?	Sh	It was destroyed in 2014 by ISIL.
		Sulaymaniyah	?	?	Located near the Zigurrat of Ur.
Al-Maqam Mosque		Basra	1754	?
		Kūfa	?	Sh
Mosul Grand Mosque		Mosul	?	Su	The largest mosque in Mosul.
Mudhafaria Minaret		Erbil	1190-1232	?
Murjan Mosque		Baghdād	1356	?
Al-Nukhailah Mosque		Al Kifl	1309	Sh	Contains Dhu'l Kifl Shrine, which houses the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel.
		Baghdād	1855	?
Great Mosque of al-Nuri		Mosul	1172-1173	Su	The minaret was destroyed in 2017 during the Battle of Mosul.
Mosque of the Prophet Daniel		Kirkuk	9th century	?	Located inside the Kirkuk Citadel. Contains the tombs of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
Mosque of the Prophet Jonah		Mosul	637	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014.
Mosque of the Prophet Seth		Mosul	1791	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014.
Al-Rahman mosque		Baghdād	1999	?	uncompleted, construction halted
Al-Sahlah Mosque		Kūfa	656-660	Sh	Believed to be the future home of Muhammad al-Mahdi.
		Kut	1826	?
		Al-Kahla District	?	?
		Sulaymaniyah	1784	?
Said Sultan Ali Mosque		Baghdād	1590	?
Great Mosque of Samarra		Sāmarrā'	851	?
Al-Sarai Mosque		Baghdād	1293	Su
		Hillah	1190	?
		Rawa	1625	?
		Baghdād	2010[5]	?
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi		Baghdād	12th century	Su	Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, the founder of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
		Baghdād	1968	?
Umm al-Qura Mosque		Baghdād	2001	Su
Al-Wazeer Mosque		Baghdād	1660	Su
Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim		Mosul	799	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014.
		Kut	1997	?
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque		Baghdād	1202	?	Originally built as mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.[6]

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