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  • Old Mosque of Basra

    Old Mosque of Basra or Imam Ali Mosque is a historic mosque located in Basra, Iraq. It was founded in 635 AD during the era of the second Rashidun Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab. The mosque was later reconstructed during the era of the Umayyad Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz. It is the first mosque built in Basra, and among the oldest mosques in the history of Islam.
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    Old Mosque of Basra
    by David Stanley, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Old Mosque of Basra

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

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    Iraq

    Basra Governorate

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    7th Century AD

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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