Adila Khatun Mosque
Adila Khatun Mosque | |
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Arabic: جامع عادلة خاتون | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
Architecture | |
General contractor | Adila Khatun |
Completed | 1750 |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 1 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Adila Khatun Mosque (
Historical background
Establishment
Adila Khatun was the daughter of Ahmad Pasha, the son of
In 1962, the government of
Present day
During the Iraq War, the mosque was subjected to acts of vandalism due to sectarian strife, and parts of the mosque were destroyed by sectarian militias after the bombing of al-Askari Shrine in 2006 by a group of armed men. This led to its closure, then it was opened by the Sunni Endowment Office in 2007. Currently, Friday prayers and the five daily prayers are held in the mosque and the mosque is managed by the Sunni Endowment Office in Iraq.[citation needed]
Architecture and description
The mosque has a spacious musalla (prayer hall) that can accommodate more than 500 worshipers. It is built of yellowish bricks and blue Kashani bricks. At the top of the door is written "The Mosque of Sayyida Adila Bint Ahmad Pasha, renovated by the General Endowments Directorate in the year 1382 AH/1962 AD". There is also another small door on the northeastern side. Written at the top in Kashani bricks is the text "Adila Khatun Mosque 1382 AH/1967 AD."[5][6] As for the sanctuary's musalla, it's rectangular in shape with its width being eleven meters and its length being eighteen meters, surrounded by windows. The floor of the prayer space is furnished with Iraqi carpets, and in the middle of the musalla are four concrete arched columns above which stands the blue dome of the musalla of the mosque.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-2-7451-7797-1.
- ^ Adila Khatun Mosque - Mutasim Malik Awad al-Khazraji - Historical and Archaeological Study - Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 45, p. 132-156
- ^ a b Raʼūf, ʻImād ʻAbd al-Salām (1997). عادلة خاتون: صفحة من تاريخ العراق (in Arabic). مطبعة الكتاب،.
- ^ سرمد حاتم شكر (2023-04-12). تاريخ مساجد بغداد الحديثة - يونس الشيخ ابراهيم السامرائي.
- ^ a b c "Who was Adila Khatun?" almadapaper.net. Retrieved 2023-19-10.
- ^ مساجد (1927). تاريخ مساجد بغداد وآثارها.