Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq
Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq is a mosque in Karkh, Baghdad Governorate. Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq is situated nearby to the quarter Al-Rasheed, as well as near Al-Saydiya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Umm al-Tabul Mosque.
Umm al-Tabul Mosque
Place of worship
Photo: Hamody al-iraqi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Umm al-Tabul Mosque is a large mosque located in the Yarmouk neighborhood of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. Built in commemoration of the officers participating in the 1959 Mosul uprising, the mosque is notable for its unique architecture which takes inspiration from Egyptian Islamic architecture, specifically the Citadel of Saladin in Cairo. Umm al-Tabul Mosque is situated 4 km north of Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Rasheed and Al-Saydiya.
Al-Rasheed
Quarter
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Al Rasheed or Al Rashid is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is in southern Baghdad, on the western side of the Tigris River. Mansour district is to the north of the western half of the district, on the other side of the Baghdad Airport Road.
Al-Saydiya
Quarter
Al-Saydiya is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district of southwestern Baghdad, Iraq. Baiyaa is to the north and Dora to the east. A once middle-class district, much of Al-Saydiya was built within the last three decades on prime real estate between Baghdad Airport Road and the main highway where it forks into central Baghdad and south to Basra. Al-Saydiya is situated 2½ km east of Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq.
Yarmouk
Neighborhood
Yarmouk is an upmarket neighborhood located within Mansour district in Baghdad, Iraq. It is adjacent to Baghdad Airport Road. Built in the 1950s, it was once home to numbers of high-ranking officials from Abdul-Karim Qasim's government. Yarmouk is situated 5 km north of Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq.
Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq
- Type: Mosque
- Also known as: “‘Umar al Fārūq Mosque” and “Jami‘ ’Umar al Faruq”
- Category: religion
- Location: Karkh, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.2533° or 33° 15′ 12″ northLongitude
44.3301° or 44° 19′ 48″ eastElevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
8H56783J+82GeoNames ID
9629287
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In Other Languages
“Jāmi‘ ‘Umar al Fārūq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع عمر الفاروق”
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