Essential Architecture- Iraq
Imam Yahya Abul Qasim in Mosul. Umayyad Mosque |
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architect |
Utba bin Farqad Al-Salami |
location |
Mosul |
date |
640 AD |
style |
Islamic |
construction |
remarkably elaborate brickwork 52m high |
type |
Mosque |
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Umayyad Mosque: The first ever in the city, built in 640 AD by Utba bin Farqad Al-Salami after he conquered Mosul in the reign of Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab. The only original part still extant is the remarkably elaborate brickwork 52m high minaret that leans like the Tower of Pisa, called Al-Hadba (The Humped). | |
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Imam Yahya Abul Qasim in Mosul. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority | |
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View of Mosul. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977 | |
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The minaret of the Mosul mosque. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977 | |
links |
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www.essential-architecture.com |