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    Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul - Wikipedia
    LocationMosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
    Completed1172–1173 AD
    AffiliationIslam
    StatusDestroyed, reconstruction ongoing in other place
    Construction

    Tradition holds that Nur ad-Din Zangi, a Turkoman atabeg of the Great Seljuk Empire and sultan of its Syrian province, built the mosque in 1172–1173, shortly before his death. According to the chronicle of Ibn al-Athir, … See more

    Minaret

    The mosque was well known for its leaning minaret, known as al-Hadba’ ("the hunchback"). Grattan Geary, a 19th-century traveler, described the minaret's appearance:
    It is severa… See more

    Tomb

    There is a tomb present in the mosque complex, which was actually a repurposed room of an unused Madrasah started by the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk. Local tradition relates the grave belongs to a saint, Ali al-Asghar ibn … See more

    Modern history

    The mosque, it's madrasah, and tomb dismantled and reassembled in 1942 in a restoration programme undertaken by the Iraqi government. The minaret remained unrestored, although attempts were made in 1981 by … See more

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