Al-Khalufa Mosque

The Al-Khulafa Mosque, also known as the Al-Qasr Mosque, is a Sunni located in the district of , in the of .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al-Khulafa Mosque”, “AlKhulafa Mosque”, and “Mosque of the Caliphs”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al ghazil Market and Khan Marjan (Caravanserai).

Pet store
Photo: Osamah Ibrahim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a pet store.

Historic building
The Khan Mirjan is a building in the souk of , . It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai, an inn for traveling merchants, with a large center hall that was 13 metres high. is situated 480 metres west of Al-Khalufa Mosque.

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 , . It was established in 1970. is situated 780 metres west of Al-Khalufa Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab Al-Sharqi and Bab Al-Moatham.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of central , . It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq.

Suburb
Bab al-Mu'adham is a prominent landmark in , . 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.

Quarter
or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, . It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah. is situated 3 km north of Al-Khalufa Mosque.

Al-Khalufa Mosque

Latitude
33.33889° or 33° 20′ 20″ north
Longitude
44.39791° or 44° 23′ 53″ east
Open location code
8H5689QX+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 949437742
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q12204233
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Khalufa Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع الخلفاء”
  • Arabic: “جامع الخليفة”
  • Bengali: “আল-খুলাফা মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “凯斯尔清真寺”
  • Chinese: “库拉法清真寺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع الخلفاء”
  • German: “al-Chulafā‘-Moschee”
  • German: “Al-Chulafā’-Moschee”
  • Japanese: “アル＝クラファ・モスク”
  • Slovenian: “Mošeja Al-Khulafa”
  • Spanish: “mezquita Al-Qasr”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Al-Khulafa”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดอัลคุละฟาอ์”
  • Turkish: “El-Hulafe Camii”
  • Turkish: “Hulefa Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть аль-Халіфа (Багдад)”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть аль-Халіфа”
  • Urdu: “جامع الخلفاء”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Xulafa masjidi”

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