Great Mosque of Samarra
الجامع الكبير بسامراء
The world's largest mosque of its age (851) with the spiral 'Malwiya' minaret in Abbasid Samarra.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In time
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People and things also explored
Grand Bazaar of Isfahan· Bazaar of Tabriz· Bibi-Khanym Mosque· Faisal Mosque· Grand Bazaar, Istanbul· Hassan II Mosque· Khan el-Khalili· Gur-e Amir
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Great Mosque of Samarra”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/al-jami-al-kabir-samarra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.