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- Samarra is a key city in Saladin Governorate, a major part of the so-called Sunni Triangle where insurgents were active during the Iraq War. Though Samarra is famous for its Shi'i holy sites, including the tombs of several Shi'i Imams, the town was traditionally and until very recently, dominated by Sunni Arabs.
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Though Samarra is famous for its Shi'i holy sites, including the tombs of several Shi'i Imams, the town was traditionally and until very recently, dominated by Sunni Arabs. Tensions arose between Sunnis and the Shi'a during the Iraq War.
- It’s located in a historic city in the heart of Iraq. The Great Mosque of Samarra is one of the most fascinating landmarks in Samarra, a city in Iraq that is located about 125 kilometers (78 miles) north of Baghdad.
- It was commissioned by the ruler of the third caliphate in 848. The man who founded the city of Samarra was the 8th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate. This was the third caliphate in history and it was founded by descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s uncle.
- It was the largest mosque in the world upon completion in the 9th century. Caliph Al-Mutawakkil didn’t mess around when it came to the project. His mosque in Samarra was constructed on a massive scale.
- The mosque was destroyed in the 13th century during a Mongol invasion. So what happened to the Great Mosque of Samarra? Today, only the exterior wall of the complex and its minaret still stand.
Samarra, town, Salah al-Din muhafazah (governorate), central Iraq. From 836 to 892 it was the capital of the Abbasid empire. It is a pilgrimage centre for Shi’i Muslims and the site of the shrine to Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari, the 11th and 12th imams.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Samarra shrank drastically but remained an important spiritual center for Shia Muslims. Because the city never regained its former prominence, much of its architecture was never built over and was visible when excavations started in the 1910s.
'The Congregational Mosque in Samarra') is a mosque from the 9th century CE located in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil who reigned (in Samarra) from 847 until 861.
Samarra is famous for its unique style of Islamic architecture, which incorporates elements from different styles of Islamic art. The city is home to many historic buildings, including the Great Mosque of Samarra, which was built in the 9th century.
Sāmarrā (Arabic, سامراء) is a town in Iraq that in ancient times may have been the world's largest city. With its majestic mosques, gardens, and ruins of royal palaces extending 5.6 miles by 21.1 miles along the Tigris River, Samarra is one of four Islamic holy cities in Iraq.
