Mosul Grand Mosque
The Mosul Grand Mosque is an incomplete Sunni mosque located in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq. It is situated in the Taqafah district, bordering the Tigris river near the Nineveh archeological site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Omar Siddeeq Yousif, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Iraq
- Also known as: “Jami‘ al Mawsil al Kabir” and “Jāmi‘ al Mawşil al Kabīr”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nineveh and Great Mosque of al-Nuri.
Nineveh
Archaeological site
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Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire—and potentially the wealthiest city in the ancient world. Nineveh is situated 1½ km east of Mosul Grand Mosque.
Great Mosque of al-Nuri
Ruins
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The Great Mosque of al-Nuri, also known as the Nouri Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback". Great Mosque of al-Nuri is situated 2 km southwest of Mosul Grand Mosque.
Bash Tapia Castle
Ruins
Photo: Eng Omer Akram, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bash Tapia Castle, also known as Bashtabiya Castle or Pashtabia Castle, is a ruined 12th-century castle located on the western bank of the Tigris river, forming part of the city wall of Mosul, Iraq. Bash Tapia Castle is situated 2 km west of Mosul Grand Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mosul.
Mosul
Photo: Abdulsalam Al Dabbagh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mosul is a city in Iraq's Northwestern region, and is the country's second largest city by population. Its religious makeup is one of the most diverse in the country.
Mosul Grand Mosque
- Category: religion
- Location: Al-Hamdaniya District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Mosul Grand Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع الموصل الكبير”
- Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی گەورەی مووسڵ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامع الموصل الكبير”
- Esperanto: “Granda Moskeo de Mosulo”
- French: “grande mosquée de Mossoul”
- French: “Grande mosquée de Mossoul”
- French: “mosquée Saddam”
- Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של מוסול”
- Malay: “Masjid Raya Mosul”
- Turkish: “Musul Büyük Camii”
- Urdu: “مسجد موصل الکبیر”
- Uzbek: “Mosul jome masjidi”
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Nearby Places
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