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List of mosques in Baghdad

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Baghdad, located in Iraq, was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a center of Islamic advancements. This is a list of mosques in Baghdad from different dynastic periods. Today, there are 912 Congregational mosques in Baghdad that conduct Friday Prayer, and 149 smaller mosques that only hold regular daily prayers.^[1]

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Name	Year	District	Remarks
Al-Khulafa Mosque	c. 902–908	Rusafa	Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque	c. 915	Kadhimiya 33°22′47.89″N 44°20′16.64″E	One of the holiest sites for Twelver Shia Islam
Abu Hanifa Mosque	c. 1065	Adhamiya 33.372091°N 44.358409°E / 33.372091; 44.358409	Preserves the tomb of Abu Hanifa, the founder of Hanafi madhhab
Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani	12th century	Rusafa	Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi	12th century	Rusafa	Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, the founder of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque	c. 1202	Rusafa	Originally built as a mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.^[2]
Qamariya Mosque	c. 1242	Karkh

Name	Images	Year	District	Remarks
Al-Sarai Mosque		1293	Rusafa
Murjan Mosque		1356	Rusafa

Name	Year	District
Al-Muradiyya Mosque	1570	Rusafa
Syed Sultan Ali Mosque	1590	Rusafa
Al-Asifyah Mosque	1608	Rusafa
Al-Wazeer Mosque	1660	Rusafa
Uzbek Mosque	1682	Rusafa
Al-Ahmadiya Mosque	1796	Rusafa
Haydar-Khana Mosque	1819	Rusafa
Al-Adliya Mosque	1749	Rusafa

Name	Year	District	Remarks
17th of Ramadan Mosque	1938	Rusafa
Fatah Pasha Mosque	1943	Kadhimiya
Buratha Mosque	1954	Karkh	Shi'ite mosque, built on the site of a former Christian monastery.
Al-Shawy Mosque	1954	Karkh
Al-Asafi Mosque	1956	Rusafa
Umm al-Tabul Mosque	1968	Al-Mansour
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque	1973	Karkh
Hajja Saadia al-Omari Mosque	1976	Al-Mansour
Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque	2005	Adhamiyah	A complete reconstruction of an older mosque, it contains the tomb of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta'sim.
Al-Rahman mosque	1999	Al-Mansour 33.311693°N 44.349488°E / 33.311693; 44.349488	uncompleted, construction halted
Umm al-Qura Mosque	2001	Al-Mansour 33.337711°N 44.296058°E / 33.337711; 44.296058

Name	Images	Year	District	Remarks
Shabandar Mosque		Oldest mention in 1902	Adhamiya	An old mosque built during the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1902 and located in the Adhamiya
Al-Khilani Mosque		Oldest mention in 1726^[3]	Rusafa	Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second of The Four Deputies in Twelver Shia Islam

List of mosques in Baghdad