Basrah Great Mosque
Basrah Great Mosque is a mosque in Basra Governorate, Iraq which is located on Old Basra St.. Basrah Great Mosque is situated nearby to the arts center بيت التراث البصري, as well as near the community center The house of arts and culture.- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Also known as: “جامع الشهيد يوسف الحسان” and “مسجد البصرة الكبير”
- Address: Old Basra St., 00964
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basra War Cemetery and Basra International Hotel.
Basra War Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: BMarinca, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Basra War Cemetery is a military cemetery in Basra, Iraq. Originally a small civil cemetery, it was greatly enlarged during the First World War and contains 2,890 graves, the majority of which are Commonwealth casualties killed during the Mesopotamian campaign. Basra War Cemetery is situated 3½ km north of Basrah Great Mosque.
Basra International Hotel
Hotel
The Basra International Hotel is a hotel on Shatt al-Arab bank in Al Ashar District, in Basrah, Iraq. The hotel was built in 1981 as the Basrah Sheraton Hotel & Casino. Basra International Hotel is situated 3 km northeast of Basrah Great Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basra.
Basra
Basra is a port city in Southern Iraq, close to the border with Kuwait and Iran. It is Iraq's third largest city with a population of 2,150,000.
Basrah Great Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Basra Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.50092° or 30° 30′ 3″ northLongitude
47.81648° or 47° 48′ 59″ eastLevels
2Open location code
8H29GR28+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 47854317OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q22686636
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Basrah Great Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع البصرة الكبير”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامع البصره الكبير”
- Urdu: “جامع بصرہ کبیر”
- Western Panjabi: “جامع بصرہ کبیر”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include بيت التراث البصري and The house of arts and culture.
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