Great Mosque of Samarra
The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Abdo photo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Iraq
- Also known as: “Jāmi‘ Sāmarrā’ al Kabīr” and “Samarra Grand Mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Askari Shrine and Malwiya.
Al-Askari Shrine
Mosque
The Al-Askari Shrine, also known as the 'Askariyya Shrine and the Al-Askari Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque and mausoleum, located in the city of Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. Al-Askari Shrine is situated 1 km southwest of Great Mosque of Samarra.
Malwiya
Tower
The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. Malwiya is situated 160 metres north of Great Mosque of Samarra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samarra.
Samarra
Samarra is a city in Iraq's Baghdad Belts. In 2007, UNESCO named Samarra one of its World Heritage Sites.
Great Mosque of Samarra
- Categories: protected area, archaeological site, and religion
- Location: Al-Daur District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Mari—“Great Mosque of Samarra” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Meuseujid Raya Samarra”
- Afrikaans: “Groot Moskee van Samarra”
- Albanian: “Al-Mutavekil”
- Albanian: “El-Mutavekil”
- Arabic: “المسجد الجامع في سامراء”
- Arabic: “جامع الملوية”
- Arabic: “جامع سامراء الكبير”
- Armenian: “Սամարայի մեծ մզկիթ”
- Basque: “Samarrako meskita handia”
- Catalan: “gran mesquita de Samarra”
- Catalan: “Gran mesquita de Samarra”
- Catalan: “Mesquita al-Mutawàkkil”
- Chinese: “薩邁拉大清真寺”
- Dutch: “Grote moskee van Samarra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الجامع فى سامراء”
- Esperanto: “Granda Moskeo de Samaro”
- Esperanto: “Moskeo de Samaro”
- Estonian: “Sāmarrā’ suur mošee”
- Finnish: “Samarran suuri moskeija”
- French: “Grande mosquée de Samarra”
- French: “Grande Mosquée de Samarra”
- French: “mosquée al-Mutawakkil”
- German: “Große Moschee von Samarra”
- German: “Minarett von Samarra”
- Greek: “Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Σαμάρα”
- Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של סאמרא”
- Hindi: “सामर्रा की महान मस्जिद”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Agung Samarra”
- Italian: “Grande moschea del Venerdì”
- Italian: “Grande Moschea del Venerdì”
- Italian: “Grande Moschea di Samarra”
- Japanese: “サーマッラーの大モスク”
- Japanese: “ムタワッキルのモスク”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Samarra”
- Macedonian: “Голема џамија во Самара”
- Malay: “Masjid Agung Samarra”
- Minangkabau: “Musajik Aguang Samarra”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Granda Mosqueta de Samarra”
- Persian: “مسجد جامع سامرا”
- Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Samarra”
- Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Samarra”
- Russian: “Большая мечеть в Самарре”
- Serbian: “Велика џамија у Самари”
- Slovenian: “Velika mošeja Samara”
- Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Samarra”
- Swedish: “Stora moskén i Samarra”
- Tamil: “சாமராவின் பெரிய மசூதி”
- Tamil: “சாமர்ராவின் பெரிய பள்ளிவாசல்”
- Telugu: “ప్రసిద్ధ సమర్రా మస్జిద్”
- Thai: “มัสยิดใหญ่แห่งซามัรรออ์”
- Turkish: “Samarra Ulu Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть у Самаррі”
- Urdu: “مسجد سامرا”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hồi giáo lớn Samarra”
- Waray (Philippines): “Dungganan nga Moske han Samarra”
- Western Mari: “Самарра кого мечеть”
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