Caliph Al-Mansur ordered the building of Baghdad between AD762 and AD767 ... on them with words from the holy book, the Qur’an. Mosques had minarets which are thin towers with balconies.

I live here in Baghdad – a city of over a million people ... round and we’ve put the important things in the middle: Our mosque where we all pray 5 times a day and… This building – the ...

2025 shows the spiraling minaret of Abu Dulaf Mosque on the outskirts of Samarra, in Salahuddin province, Iraq. Samarra Archaeological City, located about 130 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad ...