Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’

Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’ is a religious center in Karkh, Baghdad Governorate. Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’ is situated near the quarter Al-Saydiya, as well as near Al-Rasheed.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Camp Al-Saqr.

Camp Al-Saqr

Military installation

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Camp Al-Saqr, referred to by some media sources as Camp Falcon, Forward Operating Base Falcon, Joint Security Station Falcon, or Combat Outpost Falcon, was a United States military forward operating base in Iraq a short distance outside Baghdad, some 13 kilometres south of the Green Zone. Camp Al-Saqr is situated 3½ km southeast of Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Saydiya and Al-Rasheed.

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-Rasheed

Quarter

Photo: jamesdale10, CC BY 2.0.

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-Rasheed is situated 3 km north of Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’.

Dora

Suburb

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Dora is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families. Dora is situated 6 km east of Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’.

Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’

Type: Religious center
Also known as: “Aşḩāb al Kasā’ Ḩusaynīyah” and “Husayniyat Ashab al Kasa‘”
Category: religion
Location: Karkh, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.23526° or 33° 14′ 7″ north

Longitude

44.33972° or 44° 20′ 23″ east

Elevation

33 metres (108 feet)

Open location code

8H5668PQ+4V

GeoNames ID

9629362

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In Other Languages

“Ḩusaynīyat Aşḩāb al Kasā’” goes by many names.

Arabic: “حسينية اصحاب الكساء”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shabab and Al Rashid.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: An Naşr and Jāmi‘ al Ḩamīd.

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