Iraq
Baghdad Governorate
Al-Rusafa

Shurja

Shurja is a neighborhood in , . Shurja is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the quarter .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Khalufa Mosque and Khan Marjan (Caravanserai).

Mosque
Photo: Osamah Ibrahim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Al-Khulafa Mosque, also known as the Al-Qasr Mosque, is a Sunni located in the district of , in the of .

Historic building
The Khan Mirjan is a building in the souk of , . It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai, an inn for traveling merchants, with a large center hall that was 13 metres high.

Museum
Photo: Aziz1005, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Baghdadi Museum is a local history museum and a tourist landmark located in and about the capital city of , . It was established in 1970.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab Al-Moatham and Bab Al-Sharqi.

Suburb
Bab al-Mu'adham is a prominent landmark in , . Bab al-Mu'adham was previously and historically one of the gates of Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, leading to the mosque of Abu Hanifa, a renowned Islamic scholar.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of central , . It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq.

Quarter
or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, . It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah. is situated 3 km north of Shurja.

Shurja

Latitude
33.3394° or 33° 20′ 22″ north
Longitude
44.39626° or 44° 23′ 47″ east
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
8H5689QW+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2486263829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
6201158
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Shurja” goes by many names.

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