Timeline of Mosul

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mosul, Iraq.

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Prior to 16th century[]

See also: Mosul § Ancient era and early Middle Ages, and Mosul § 9th century to 1535
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  • 570 CE - Mar Ishaya (monastery) founded across river from Ninevah; surrounding settlement later develops.[1]
  • 641 CE - Arab forces of Utba bin Farqad take fortress in settlement.[1]
  • 847 CE - 24 November: Earthquake.
  • 874/875 CE - Taghlibi Khidr bin Ahmad becomes governor.[1]
  • 880 CE - Ishaq ibn Kundaj becomes governor.[1]
  • 892 - Mosul besieged by forces of Harun bin Sulayman and Banu Shayban.[1]
  • 907 - Hamdanids in power.[1]
  • 990s - Syrian Uqaylids in power.[2]
  • 1095/1096 - Seljuqs in power.[1]
  • 1127/1128 - Seljuqs ousted by Imad ad-Din Zengi.[1]
  • 1146 - Saif ad-Din Ghazi I in power.
  • 1170 - Great Mosque of al-Nuri construction begins.[3]
  • 1182 - Mosul besieged by forces of Saladin during rule of Izz ad-Din Mas'ud.[1]
  • 1185 - Mosul again besieged by forces of Saladin.[1]
  • 1224 - Mosul taken by forces of Badr al-Din Lu'lu'.[3]
  • 1239 - Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim (mausoleum) built near city.[3]
  • 1248 - Imam Awn al-Din shrine built.[4]
  • 1258 - Mosul sacked by forces of Hulagu Khan.[5]
  • 1262 - July: Mosul taken by Mongol forces.[6]

16th–19th centuries[]

See also: Mosul § Ottomans: 1517 to 1918
  • 1516 - Ottomans in power.[6]
  • 1535 - Ottoman administrative Mosul Eyalet created.
  • 1623 - Mosul taken by Persian forces (approximate date).[7]
  • 1625 - Persians ousted; Ottomans in power again.[7]
  • 1719 - Sari Mustafa becomes governor.[8]
  • 1730 - Hussein Jalili appointed governor.
  • 1733 - Mosul besieged by forces of Nadir Khan.[7]
  • 1743 - Siege of Mosul (1743) by Persian forces.[7]
  • 1745 - Battle of Mosul (1745) fought in vicinity of city.
  • 1826 - Unrest; governor Yahya al-Jalili ousted.[7]
  • 1839 - Ottoman administrative reform begins per Edict of Gülhane.[6]
  • 1854 - "Rebellion" against administrative reform.[6]

20th century[]

See also: Mosul § 1918 to 2003
  • 1920 - Population: 703,378 in vilayet (province).[9]
  • 1926 - Mosul becomes part of the Kingdom of Iraq per League of Nations ruling.
  • 1947 - Population: 133,625 in city; 595,190 in province.[10]
  • 1957 - Mosul football club formed.
  • 1960 - Ash-Shabibah newspaper published.
  • 1965 - Population: 264,146.[11]
  • 1967 - University of Mosul founded.
  • 1969
    •  [ar] begins.
    • National Insurance Company built.[3]
  • 1970 - Population: 310,313 (estimate).[12]
  • 1986 - Mosul Dam begins operating near city.
  • 1987 - Population: 664,221.[13]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Bosworth 2007.
  2. ^ Griffin 1996.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Mosul". ArchNet. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ^ Saeed Al-Dewachi. "Mosul". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 23 June 2017
  5. ^ Dougherty 2013.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Shields 2000.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Agoston 2009.
  8. ^ Khoury 1997.
  9. ^ "Mesopotamia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
  10. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  11. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  12. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
  13. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2001. United Nations Statistics Division.
  14. ^ Iraq police and gunmen die in Mosul clashes, BBC News, 25 April 2013
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b "Iraq Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Mosul's landmark Great Mosque of al-Nuri to be rebuilt", BBC News, 24 April 2018
This article incorporates information from the Arabic Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Published in 19th century
Published in 20th century
Published in 21st century
  • Peter Sluglett (2002), "Mosul", in David Levinson and Karen Christensen (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, ISBN 0684806177
  • Reeva S. Simon (2004), "Mosul", in Philip Mattar (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, NY: Macmillan Reference USA, ISBN 0028657691
  • C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Mosul". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 412+. ISBN 978-9004153882.
  • Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008). "Mosul". Cities of the Middle East and North Africa. Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1576079195.
  • Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters, eds. (2009). "Mosul". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. pp. 394–395. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
  • "Mosul". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
  • Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (2013). "Mawsil". Historical Dictionary of Iraq (2nd ed.). Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.

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