Al-Sarai Mosque
Also known as: Al-Sarai Mosque
mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
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Overview
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The Al-Sarai Mosque is a Sunni mosque in the Rusafa district of Baghdad, on Zuqaq al-Sarai in the Shorjah area. It is also known as the Hassan Pasha Mosque and the Al-Nasir li-Din Allah Mosque. It is counted among the historic mosques of Baghdad, and its construction is attributed to the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah. During the Royal Era in Iraq it was a place of prayer for the country's kings, and it therefore also acquired the nickname "King Ghazi Mosque".
History
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Sources attribute the founding of the mosque to the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah in the late 12th century, around 1192–1193 CE. The Arabic Wikipedia gives the date as 589 AH (1193 CE), noting that several historical sources support it and that the historian Imad Abd al-Salam Rauf confirms it. English-language sources say only that the mosque was "said to be" first founded in 1193.
During the Royal Era in Iraq, the mosque was where the country's kings prayed, and it was consequently nicknamed "King Ghazi Mosque".
From Wikipedia
The Al-Sarai Mosque (Arabic: جامع السراي), also known as Hassan Pasha Mosque or Al-Nasr li-Din Allah Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in the Rusafa district of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq, on Zuqaq al-Sarai. The mosque was said to be first laid by 34th Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in 1193 CE. The mosque was also nicknamed "King Ghazi Mosque" because it was where the old Iraqi Kings prayed during the Royal Era.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Sarai_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_de_Al-Sarai
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C