Great Mosque of Sāmarrāʾ

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Sāmarrāʾ, Iraq: Al-Malwiyyah minaret

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Great Mosque of Sāmarrāʾ

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Sāmarrā ruins

In Sāmarrāʾ
The Great Mosque of Sāmarrāʾ and the nearby Abū Dulaf mosque, both now in ruins, were also built in the 9th century. Al-Malwiyyah, a spiral minaret that is a major tourist attraction, was slightly damaged in a 2005 bombing. In 2006, amid violence between Shiʿi and…
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