جامع ومدرسة الأحمدية
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Mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

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mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

located in

. The mosque is located at al-Rasheed Street in the southern part of al-Rusafa, and the east of the Al-Maidan Square near the Al-Muradiyya Mosque.

History

The mosque was built in 1796 by Ahmad Pasha al-Katkhadha, the vice of the

Mamluk Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...

ruler Sulayman Pasha the Great. The minaret was later added by his brother Abdullah Buk along with the

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

. The mosque is also near the

Al-Khulafa Mosque ;جامع القصر , native_name_lang = ara , image = مسجد الخلفاء في بغداد.jpg , image_upright = 1.4 , alt = , caption = Al-Khulafa Mosque, pictured in 2014 , map_type = , map_size = , map_alt = , map_relief = , ...

, the mosque dating back to the Abbasid era.Jami' al-Ahmadiyya
''Archnet''. Retrieved January 4, 2018. The building has undergone many events, including the renewal of the writings and inscriptions on the façade of the building by the last Mamluk governor

Dawud Pasha of Baghdad Dawūd Pasha ( ar, داود باشا '; ka, დაუდ ფაშა; tr, Davud Pasha) (c.1767–1851), who was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, of Georgian Christian origin, His full name was ( ka, დავით მანველაშვილი; ...

in the year 1831. During the reign of Grand Vizier

Midhat Pasha Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha ( ota , احمد شفيق مدحت پاشا, 18 October 1822 – 26 April 1883) was an Ottoman democrat, kingmaker and one of the leading statesmen during the late Tanzimat period. He is most famous for leading the O ...

, he school rooms were demolished and its floor was added to the public street. The building of the prayer house was renewed in the year 1893 based on an inscription written on the neck of the dome of the mihrab court.

Modern history

When the Kingdom of Iraq got independence,

King Faisal I Faisal I bin Al-Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi ( ar, فيصل الأول بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, ''Faysal el-Evvel bin al-Ḥusayn bin Alī el-Hâşimî''; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ...

ordered that the mosque be allocated for Friday prayers only. The mosque was restored in 2010 before holding the conference for the cabinet of

Waqf A waqf ( ar, وَقْف; ), also known as hubous () or '' mortmain'' property is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law. It typically involves donating a building, plot of land or other assets for Muslim religious or charitab ...

al-Sunna.''دليل الجوامع والمساجد التراثية والأثرية''. ديوان الوقف السني في العراق. p.26.

Description

Al-Ahmadiyya Mosque has an area of approximately . Inside the mosque, there is a wide prayer space in front of the corridor. On the left side, there is a prayer room for summer, which is topped by a tall dome made of

Qashani ''Qashani'' or ''Kashani'' is a Persian decorative arts which had been popular in Iran in the 16th to 18th century, and then moved to Turkey in the time of the Ottomans with the transfer of many Persians artists to Turkey, becoming the basis for ...

tiles and has a diameter of . A minaret is situated on the south of the dome. The wall of the mosque is painted with inscriptions of the

Qur'anic The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing. ...

verses, which were written by the calligrapher Sufyan al-Wahbi in 1850 who is buried in the mosque yard. Al-Ahmadiyya Mosque is distinguished by its dome and its length which is divided into three bands. The middle of it opened with windows, some of which were windowed and some of which were not. Above the neck is a dome, of the type of double domes. The inner dome was made low with a hemispherical shape, while the inner dome was made with a Bulbous shape, and the latter was characterized by their massiveness. Due to the climate of Baghdad, the walls of the mosque are thick with them being 2.5 meters wide. Similar to the walls of the

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Gallery

Street Scene with Dome & Minaret, Baghdad 1916-1919.jpg, A street scene with al-Ahmadiya, 1917. File:جامع الأحمدي.jpg, The Mosque under overhaul

References

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History

Modern history

Description

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