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Malwiya Minaret

منارة الملوية

Draft card for the Malwiya Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, the spiral minaret built by al-Mu'tasim in the ninth century; among the most famous monuments of Abbasid architecture per the cited encyclopedia, the page not yet checked.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Architecture

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People and things also explored

Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh

Sources

  • Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012)
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islam.museum contributors. “Malwiya Minaret”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/malwiya-minaret/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.

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Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra

Draft card for the Abu Dulaf Mosque of Samarra, built by the Abbasid al-Mu'tamid about 860 with a smaller spiral minaret in the style of al-Mutawakkil's; the encyclopedia entry is not yet checked on the page.