List of mosques in Baghdad


This is a list of mosques in Baghdad from different dynastic periods.
Baghdad, in Iraq, was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a center of Islamic advancements. Today, there are 912 Congregational mosques in Baghdad that conduct Friday Prayer, and 149 smaller mosques that only hold regular daily prayers.

List

NameImagesPeriodYearBranchDistrictRemarks
Al-Khulafa MosqueAbbasidsSuRusafaOldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Al-Kazimiyya MosqueAbbasidsTSKadhimiya
One of the holiest sites for Twelver Shia Islam
Abu Hanifa MosqueAbbasidsSuAdhamiya
Preserves the tomb of Abu Hanifa, the founder of Hanafi madhhab
Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir GilaniAbbasidsSuRusafaOriginally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Mausoleum of Umar SuhrawardiAbbasidsSuRusafaOriginally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, the founder of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Zumurrud Khatun MosqueAbbasidsRusafaOriginally built as a mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.
Qamariya MosqueAbbasidsKarkh
Al-Sarai MosqueTurco-PersianSuRusafa
Murjan MosqueTurco-PersianRusafa
Al-Muradiyya MosqueOttomansRusafa
Syed Sultan Ali MosqueOttomansSuRusafa
Al-Asifyah MosqueOttomansSuRusafa
Al-Wazeer MosqueOttomansSuRusafa
Uzbek MosqueOttomansSuRusafa
Al-Khilani MosqueunknownTSRusafaOriginally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second of The Four Deputies in Twelver Shia Islam.
Al-Ahmadiya MosqueOttomansSuRusafa
Haydar-Khana MosqueOttomansSu; ShRusafa
Al-Adliya MosqueOttomansRusafa
Shabandar MosqueOttomansSuAdhamiyaAn old mosque built during the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1902 and located in the Adhamiya
17th of Ramadan MosqueModern IraqiRusafa
Fatah Pasha MosqueModern IraqiKadhimiya
Buratha MosqueModern IraqiTSKarkhTwelver Shi'ite mosque, built on the site of a former Christian monastery
Al-Shawy MosqueModern IraqiSuKarkh
Al-Asafi MosqueModern IraqiRusafa
Umm al-Tabul MosqueModern IraqiAl-Mansour
Ibn Bunnieh MosqueModern IraqiKarkh
Hajja Saadia al-Omari MosqueModern IraqiAl-Mansour
Al-Rahman mosqueModern IraqiSu; ShAl-Mansour
Incomplete, construction halted
Umm al-Qura MosqueModern IraqiSuAl-Mansour
Al-Musta'sim Billah MosqueModern IraqiSuAdhamiyahA complete reconstruction of an older mosque, it contains the tomb of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta'sim.

SuSunni
ShShī‘ah
TSTwelver Shī‘ah