List of mosques in Iraq

This is a list of mosques in Iraq. There are 7,000 Sunni mosques and 3,500 Shia mosques in Iraq as a whole.^[1] According to the Office of Waqf and Sunnah in Iraq, in the capital city of Baghdad, there are 912 Jama Masjids that conduct Friday Prayer and 149 smaller mosques which only hold regular daily prayers.^[2] In Fallujah, there are 970 mosques according to the 2009 data.^[3]

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Name	Location	Year	Branch	Remarks
17th of Ramadan Mosque	Baghdad	20th century	?	Went by many names throughout its history.
Shrine of the Forty	Tikrit	5th century	Su	Entombs the remains of Amr ibn Junayda Al-Ghafari. Demolished in 2014 and undergoing restoration.
Al Abbas Mosque	Karbalā	7th century	Sh	Entombs the remains of ‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī, brother of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī.
Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani	Baghdād	12th century	Su	Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abdul Qadir Gilan, the founder of Qadiriyya Sufi order
Abu Dulaf Mosque	Sāmarrā'	859	Su
Abu Hanifa Mosque	Baghdād	10th century	Su	Entombs the remains of Abū Ḥanīfah an-Nuʿmān.
Al-Ahmadiya Mosque	Baghdād	1796	Su
Minaret of Anah	Anah	996–1096	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2016.
Al-'Askari Mosque	Sāmarrā'	944	TS	Entombs the remains of Twelver Shī'ah Imāms, 'Alī an-Naqī and his son Hasan al-'Askarī, as well as Narjis Khātūn and Hakimah Khātūn.
Al-Asifyah Mosque	Baghdād	1608	?
Great Mosque of Amadiya	Amadiya	1177	?
Ezra's Tomb	Maysan Governorate	1768	?
Great Mosque (Aqrah)	Aqrah	7th century	Su
Green Mosque (Mosul)	Mosul	1133	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014–2015.
Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Rifa'i	Al-Rifa'i District	before 1325	Su	Entombs the remains of Ahmad al-Rifa'i, the founder of the Rifa'i tariqah.
Al-Hannanah Mosque	Kūfa-Najaf metropolis	997–1041	Sh	Believed to be keeping the head of Husayn ibn Ali
Haydar-Khana Mosque	Baghdād	1819	?
Ibn Bunnieh Mosque	Baghdād	1973	?
Imam Ali Shrine	Najaf	977	Sh	Entombs the remains of the first Shī'ah Imām, Alī ibn Abī Tālib.
Imam Ali Mosque (Basra)	Basra	635	?
Imam al-Baher Mosque	Mosul	12th–13th centuries	?	Formerly a tomb for Imam Al-Baher which no longer exists after the reconstruction in 2022.
Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra	Basra	1185	Su	Entombs the remains of Hasan of Basra
Imām Husayn Mosque	Karbalā	680	Sh	Entombs the remains of Shī‘ah Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī, his sons ‘Alī al-Akbar and ‘Alī al-Asghar, those who fell at Karbalā, Habīb ibn Madhāhir al-Asadī, and Ibrāhīm al-Mujāb (son of Mūsā al-Kādhim)
Al-Imam Muhsin Mosque	Mosul	12th century	?	Damaged by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2015.
Jalil Khayat Mosque	Erbil	1997	Su
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque	Baghdād	915	TS	Entombs the remains of two Twelver Shī‘ah Imāms: Mūsā al-Kādhim and Muhammad al-Taqī.
Mausoleum of Kumayl ibn Ziyad	Najaf	1950	Sh
Al-Khilani Mosque	Baghdād	?	Sh	Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second of The Four Deputies in Twelver Shia Islam
Al-Khulafa Mosque	Baghdād	902–908	Su^[4]	Oldest existing mosque in Baghdad, although renovated for numerous times. The minaret dates back to the Abbasid era.
Great Mosque of Kufa	Kūfa	639	Sh	The mosque entombs the remains of Muslim ibn ‘Aqīl, Hānī ibn ‘Urwa, and Mukhtār al-Thaqafī, along with having many sites of historical relevance within the mosque.
Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque	Tal Afar	?	Sh	It was destroyed in 2014 by ISIL.
Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine	Tal Afar	1142	Sh	Entombs the remains of a governor of the Upper Mesopotamia.
Al-Maqam Mosque	Basra	1754	?
Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar	Kūfa	?	Sh
Mosul Grand Mosque	Mosul	incomplete	Su	When completed, will be the largest mosque in Mosul.
Mudhafaria Minaret	Erbil	1190–1232	?
Murjan Mosque	Baghdād	1356	?
Al-Nukhailah Mosque	Al Kifl	1309	Sh	Contains Dhu'l Kifl Shrine, which houses the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel.
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque	Sinjar	1239	Sh	Contains a shrine dedicated to a daughter of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin.
Great Mosque of al-Nuri	Mosul	1172–1173	Su	The minaret and mosque was destroyed in 2017 during the Battle of Mosul; reconstructed and reopened in 2024.
Mosque of the Prophet Daniel	Kirkuk	15th century	Sh	Located inside the Kirkuk Citadel. Contains the tombs of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Mishael's tomb is currently no longer present in the structure.
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque	Mosul	1365	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014.
Mosque of the Prophet Seth	Mosul	1791	?	Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014.
Al-Rahman mosque	Baghdād	incomplete	?	uncompleted, construction halted
Al-Sahlah Mosque	Kūfa	656–660	Sh	Believed to be the future home of Muhammad al-Mahdi.
Mosque of Salman al-Farsi	Salman Pak	1950	Sh	Formerly a Sunni mosque, transferred to the Shi'ite management in the 21st century. Built around the purported mausoleum of Salman al-Farsi in 1950.
Mausoleum of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki	Al-Kahla District	2017	Sh	Contains the tomb of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki, a 10th-century Muslim scholar.
Great Mosque of Sulaymaniyah	Sulaymaniyah	1784	Su	First mosque in Sulaymaniyah. Entombs the remains of local cleric Haji Kaka Ahmad and his grandson Mahmud Barzanji. It contains a cafeteria where meals for the needy are served.
Said Sultan Ali Mosque	Baghdād	1590	Su
Great Mosque of Samarra	Sāmarrā'	851	Su
Al-Sarai Mosque	Baghdād	1293	Su
Mashhad Radd al-Shams	Hillah	1190	Sh	Formerly a Babylonian temple, now a shrine believed to be the spot where the event of Radd al-Shams occurred.
Shaykh Rajab Mosque	Rawa	1625	Su
Imam Sultan Saqi Shrine	Kirkuk	?	Sh	Historic site in Kirkuk which also includes a cemetery around it.
Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi	Baghdād	12th century	Su	Originally built as mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, the founder of Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Umm al-Tabul Mosque	Baghdād	1968	Su	Built in commemoration of the officers participating in the 1959 Mosul uprising.
Umm al-Qura Mosque	Baghdād	2001	Su
Al-Wazeer Mosque	Baghdād	1660	Su
Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim	Mosul	799	Sh	Entombs the remains of Abu'l Qasim Yahya ibn al-Hasan. Destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2014.
Al-Hamra Mosque	Kufa	7th century; 2018 reconstruction	Sh	One of the oldest mosques in Kufa, it includes a small shrine dedicated to biblical Jonah (Prophet Yunus).
Zumurrud Khatun Mosque	Baghdād	1202	?	Originally built as mausoleum. The minaret is considered the oldest surviving in Baghdad.^[5]

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