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 that conduct Friday Prayer and 149 smaller mosques which only hold regular daily prayers.^[2] In Fallujah, there are 970 mosques according to the 2009 data.^[3]

Name	Images	Location	Year	Branch	Remarks
17th of Ramadan Mosque		Baghdad	20th century	?	Went by many names throughout its history.
Shrine of the Forty		Tikrit	5th century	Su	Entombs the remains of Amr ibn Junayda Al-Ghafari. Demolished in 2014 and undergoing restoration.
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-'Askari 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.
Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Rifa'i		Al-Rifa'i District	before 1325	Su	Entombs the remains of Ahmad al-Rifa'i, the founder of the Rifa'i tariqah.
Al-Hannanah Mosque		Kūfa-Najaf metropolis	997-1041	Sh	Believed to be keeping the head of Husayn ibn Ali
Haydar-Khana Mosque		Baghdād	1819	?
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque		Baghdād	1973	?
Imam Ali Shrine		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	?	Formerly a tomb for Imam Al-Baher which no longer exists after the reconstruction in 2022.
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	?	Damaged 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.
Mausoleum of Kumayl ibn Ziyad		Najaf	1950	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.
Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine		Tal Afar	1142	Sh	Entombs the remains of a governor of the Upper Mesopotamia.
Al-Maqam Mosque		Basra	1754	?
Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar		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.
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque		Sinjar	1239	Sh	Contains a shrine dedicated to a daughter of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin.
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	15th century	Sh	Located inside the Kirkuk Citadel. Contains the tombs of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Mishael's tomb is currently no longer present in the structure.
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque		Mosul	1365	?	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.
Mosque of Salman al-Farsi		Salman Pak	1950	Sh	Formerly a Sunni mosque, transferred to the Shi'ite management in the 21st century. Built around the purported mausoleum of Salman al-Farsi in 1950.
Mausoleum of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki		Al-Kahla District	2017	Sh	Contains the tomb of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki, a 10th century Muslim scholar.
Great Mosque of Sulaymaniyah		Sulaymaniyah	1784	Su	First mosque in Sulaymaniyah. Entombs the remains of local cleric Haji Kaka Ahmad and his grandson Mahmud Barzanji. It contains a cafeteria where meals for the needy are served.
Said Sultan Ali Mosque		Baghdād	1590	Su
Great Mosque of Samarra		Sāmarrā'	851	Su
Al-Sarai Mosque		Baghdād	1293	Su
Mashhad Radd al-Shams		Hillah	1190	Sh	Formerly a Babylonian temple, now a shrine believed to be the spot where the event of Radd al-Shams occurred.
Shaykh Rajab Mosque		Rawa	1625	Su
Imam Sultan Saqi Shrine		Kirkuk	Unknown	Sh	Historic site in Kirkuk which also includes a cemetery around it.
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
Umm al-Tabul Mosque		Baghdād	1968	Su	Built in commemoration of the officers participating in the 1959 Mosul uprising.
Umm al-Qura Mosque		Baghdād	2001	Su
Al-Wazeer Mosque		Baghdād	1660	Su
Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim		Mosul	799	Sh	Entombs the remains of Abu'l Qasim Yahya ibn al-Hasan. Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014.
Al-Hamra Mosque		Kufa	Last reconstruction 2018, first built in 7th century	Sh	One of the oldest mosques in Kufa, it includes a small shrine dedicated to biblical Jonah (Prophet Yunus).
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque		Baghdād	1202	?	Originally built as mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.[5]

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