Mosul Grand Mosque

Not to be confused with Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul).

For other similarly named mosques, see List of grand mosques.

The Mosul Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع الموصل الكبير) is an incomplete Sunni mosque located in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq. The partially-complete mosque is situated in the Taqafah district bordering the Tigris river near the Nineveh archeological site. Its construction started during the rule of Saddam Hussein, and works were interrupted because of the political instability in the country. As of 2025^[update], the building was incomplete.

Mosul Grand Mosque
جامع الموصل الكبير
The partially completed mosque, in 2014
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam (when complete)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque (when complete)
Status	Under construction
Location
Location	Mosul, Nineveh Governorate
Country	Iraq
Location of the mosque in Iraq
Geographic coordinates	36°21′28″N 43°08′30″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Umayyad
Date established	unknown
Groundbreaking	c. 1985 (reconstruction)
Completed	incomplete
Specifications
Dome(s)	Ten
Minaret(s)	Two
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History

An image of the first mosque, by Eugène Flandin, in 1861.

Arfajah ibn Harthamah, an Arab general during Rashidun Caliphate era, are recorded as the first architect of the great Umayyad mosque of Mosul, which later further expanded and rebuilt by Marwan ibn Muhammad during the era of Umayyad Caliphate.^[2][3]

When completed, it will be the largest mosque in Mosul and was previously called Saddam Mosque in honour of the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein. During the 2017 Battle of Mosul, the incomplete mosque was damaged by ISIL forces. In February 2019, the Nineveh Governorate municipality announced that construction had been resumed with a US$50 million grant from the United Arab Emirates. A completion date was not set.^[4]

Gallery

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  U.S. troops patrol the area around the mosque, in 2007

See also

• Islam portal
• Iraq portal

• Islam in Iraq
• List of mosques in Iraq