Uzbek Mosque
The Uzbek Mosque, also known as the Mosque of al-Azbak and the al-Azbak Mosque or simply the Azbak Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in the al-Rusafa district of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: old Iraqi mosque built in the Ottoman Empire in 1682
- Also known as: “al-Azbak Mosque”, “Azbak Mosque”, and “Mosque of al-Azbak”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iraq National Library and Archive and Medical City.
Iraq National Library and Archive
Library
The Iraq National Library and Archive is the national library and national archives of Iraq. It is located in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and was founded in 1920. It has often been affected by losses resulting from warfares. Iraq National Library and Archive is situated 100 metres east of Uzbek Mosque.
Medical City
Hospital
Baghdad Medical City formerly known as Saddam Medical City from 1983–2003 and before that known as Medical City Teaching Hospital from 1973–1983 is a complex of several teaching hospitals in Bab Al-Moatham, Baghdad, Iraq. Medical City is situated 460 metres west of Uzbek Mosque.
Baghdad Museum
Museum
Photo: Aziz1005, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Baghdadi Museum is a local history museum and a tourist landmark located in and about the capital city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was established in 1970. Baghdad Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Uzbek Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bab Al-Moatham and Al-Wazireya.
Bab Al-Moatham
Suburb
Bab al-Mu'adham is a prominent landmark in Baghdad, Iraq. Bab al-Mu'adham was previously and historically one of the gates of Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, leading to the mosque of Abu Hanifa, a renowned Islamic scholar.
Al-Wazireya
Quarter
Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah.
Bab Al-Sharqi
Suburb
Bab Al-Sharqi is a neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding Bab Al-Sharqi market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq. Bab Al-Sharqi is situated 3 km southeast of Uzbek Mosque.
Uzbek Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.34637° or 33° 20′ 47″ northLongitude
44.38332° or 44° 22′ 60″ eastInception
1971Open location code
8H5689WM+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 888025743OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q12204185
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Uzbek Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع الأزبك”
- Bengali: “উজবেক মসজিদ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامع الازبك”
- Hindi: “उज़्बेक मस्जिद”
- Turkish: “Özbek Camii”
- Urdu: “مسجد ازبک”
- Uzbek: “Oʻzbek masjidi”
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