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Um al-Tabboul Mosque

Baghdad, Iraq · built 1968

The Umm al-Tabul Mosque (Jami' Umm al-Tabul) is a large mosque located in the Yarmouk neighborhood of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. Built in commemoration of the officers participating in the 1959 Mosul uprising, the mosque is notable for its unique architecture which takes inspiration from Egyptian Islamic architecture, specifically the Citadel of Saladin in Cairo. It is one of the closest mosques to the Baghdad International Airport.

Mosque data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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