The 9th-century Great Mosque and its spiral minaret are among the numerous ... Samarra was the second capital of the Abbasid Caliphate after Baghdad. Following the loss of the monuments of Baghdad, ...

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Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral and new defensive structures, particularly the Alcázar de los Reyes ...

Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned ... The library is tucked into one corner of the vast and beautiful mosque complex which houses the shrine of Sheikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, an 11th ...

Baghdad was also known as the Round City because ... in the 9th century in the city of Samarra. It was part of the Great Mosque of Samarra which was the largest mosque in the world at the time.

Construction commenced in AD 785, guided by Abd al-Rahman I’s singular vision to create a mosque similar to those in Damascus and Baghdad. After the fall of Al-Andalus and the Spanish ...

Gaza Strip - January 31, 2025 Hundreds of Palestinians came to pray Friday at the ruins of the Great Omari Mosque, damaged by Israeli bombardment, taking advantage of the ceasefire in the Old City ...

2025 shows the spiraling minaret of the Great Mosque in Samarra, Salahuddin province, Iraq. Samarra Archaeological City, located about 130 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, contains the remains ...