Iraq
Salah ad Din Governorate
Samarra District

Shrine of Imam Ali al Hadi and Imam Hassan al Askari

The Al-Askari Shrine, also known as the 'Askariyya Shrine and the Al-Askari Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite and mausoleum, located in the city of , in the of .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: religious historical complex in Samarra, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al-A’askari Holy Shrine”, “Al-Askari mosque”, “Al-Askari Shrine”, “Haram of Imam Ali al-Hadi”, “Marqad al-Imamayn”, and “Marqad al-Imamayn ‘Ali al-Hadi wa-l-Hassan al-Askari”
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Mosque of Samarra and Samarra Barrage.

Archaeological site
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The or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in , in the of . is situated 1 km northeast of Shrine of Imam Ali al Hadi and Imam Hassan al Askari.

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The is a multi-purpose barrage on the Tigris River adjacent of and north of Baghdad, Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is to divert floodwater in the Tigris River to through the Tharthar depression along with irrigation and an 84 MW hydro-electricity station. is situated 2 km west of Shrine of Imam Ali al Hadi and Imam Hassan al Askari.

Tower
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The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in , in the of . is situated 1 km northeast of Shrine of Imam Ali al Hadi and Imam Hassan al Askari.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samarra.

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is a city in 's . In 2007, UNESCO named one of its World Heritage Sites.

Shrine of Imam Ali al Hadi and Imam Hassan al Askari

Latitude
34.19893° or 34° 11′ 56″ north
Longitude
43.87353° or 43° 52′ 25″ east
Open location code
8H655VXF+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1188251537
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q309484
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shrine of Imam Ali al Hadi and Imam Hassan al Askari” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجامع العسكري في سامراء”
  • Arabic: “الجامع العسكري”
  • Arabic: “الروضة العسكرية الشريفة”
  • Arabic: “الروضة العسكرية”
  • Arabic: “العتبة العسكرية المقدسة”
  • Arabic: “العتبة العسكرية”
  • Arabic: “روضة عسكرية”
  • Arabic: “ضريح العسكريين”
  • Arabic: “مرقد الإمام العسكري”
  • Arabic: “مرقد الإمام الهادي”
  • Arabic: “مرقد الإمامين العسكريين”
  • Arabic: “مشهد العسكريين”
  • Arabic: “مقام الإمامين علي الهادي والحسن العسكري”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Əskəri məscidi”
  • Belarusian: “Мячэт Аль-Аскары”
  • Bengali: “আল-আসকারী মসজিদ”
  • Bengali: “আল-আসকারী মাজার”
  • Bengali: “আসকারীয়া মাজার”
  • Catalan: “mesquita-santuari d’al-Hadi i al-Askarí”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita-santuari d’al-Hadi i al-Askarí”
  • Chinese: “阿斯卡里清真寺”
  • Chinese: “阿里·哈迪清真寺”
  • Czech: “al-Askaríja”
  • Czech: “Al-Askaríja”
  • Czech: “mešita al-Askarího”
  • Danish: “Al Askari-moskéen”
  • Danish: “Al-Askari moskeen”
  • Danish: “Den gyldne moské i Samarra”
  • Danish: “Gyldne Moske”
  • Danish: “Imam Ali al-Hadi moskeen”
  • Danish: “Imam Ali al-Hadi moskéen”
  • Dutch: “Al Askari moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al Askari-schrijn”
  • Dutch: “Al-Askari moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Askari-moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Askari-schrijn”
  • Dutch: “Gouden Moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد ضريح الامامين على الهادى والحسن العسكرى”
  • Finnish: “Al-Askari”
  • Finnish: “Al-Askarin kultainen moskeija”
  • Finnish: “Al-Askarin moskeija”
  • Finnish: “Kultainen moskeija”
  • Finnish: “Samarran kultainen moskeija”
  • French: “Mosquée d’Or de Sāmarrā”
  • French: “Mosquee d’Or”
  • French: “mosquée d’Or”
  • French: “Sanctuaire Al-Askari”
  • German: “Al-Askari-Mausoleum”
  • German: “Al-Askari-Schrein”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Al-Askari”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל אסקרי”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל אסקריה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל אסקרייה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל-אסקרי”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל-אסקריה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל-אסקרייה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל-עסכריה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל-עסכרייה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אסקרי”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אסקריה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אסקרייה”
  • Hindi: “अल असकरी मज़ार”
  • Hindi: “अल-अस्करी मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Al Askari”
  • Kazakh: “Äl-Asqarï meşiti”
  • Kazakh: “Әл-Асқари мешіті”
  • Kazakh: “ٴال-اسقارىي مەشىتى”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Al-Askari”
  • Korean: “알-아스카리 신사”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Ал-Аскари”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија ел-Аскари”
  • Malay: “Masjid Al Askari”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Askaria-moskeen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Askaria-moskéen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Askaria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Askaria-moskeen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Askaria-moskéen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Askaria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Askari”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Askari”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Askaria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Askarija”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Askariya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mausoleet i Samarra”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Askaria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sanctuari d’Al-Askari”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه امام عسگری”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه امام نقی و عسکری”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه امامان عسکریین”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه امامین عسکریین”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه عسکریین”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه علی بن محمد هادی”
  • Persian: “حرم عسکریین”
  • Persian: “حرم هادیین”
  • Persian: “حرمین سامرا”
  • Persian: “حمله تروریستی به حرمین عسگریین”
  • Polish: “Al-Askari”
  • Polish: “Złoty Meczet”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Al-Askari”
  • Russian: “Мечеть аль-Аскари”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Аль-Аскари”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Аскария”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džamija Al-Askari”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče Al-Askari”
  • Spanish: “Al Askari”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Al Askari”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Al Askari”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de la Cupula Dorada en Samarra”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de la Cúpula Dorada en Samarra”
  • Swedish: “Al Askari-moskén”
  • Swedish: “Al-Askari-moskén”
  • Swedish: “Gyllene moskén”
  • Turkish: “El-Askeri Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть аль-Аскарі”
  • Urdu: “العسکری مسجد”
  • Western Mari: “Аль-Аскари мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “حرم عسکریین”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Site of the 2007 Al-Askari mosque bombing and The New Masjid.

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