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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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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 '' ...

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, architecture_style = Abbasid Islamic , founded_by = Al-Nasir , creator = , funded_by = , general_contractor = , established = , groundbreaking = 1293 CE , year_completed = , construction_cost = , date_demolished = , facade_direction = , capacity = , length = , width = , width_nave = , interior_area = , height_max = , dome_quantity = 11 , dome_height_outer = , dome_height_inner = , dome_dia_outer = , dome_dia_inner = , minaret_quantity = 1 , minaret_height = , spire_quantity = , spire_height = , site_area = , temple_quantity = , monument_quantity = , shrine_quantity = , inscriptions = , materials = , elevation_m = , elevation_footnotes = , nrhp = , designated = , added = , refnum = , footnotes = Al-Sarai Mosque ( ar, جامع السراي), also known as Hasan Pasha Mosque or Al-Nasr li-Din Allah Mosque, is a historic Sunni Islamic

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

, in the south Al-Rusafa. The mosque was first laid by 34th Abbasid Caliph Al-Nasir in 1193 CE.

Description

The mosque is situated in front of Dar Diwani al-Hakumia, an administrative building during the

Ottoman era The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, also known as a part of Qushla. Hasan Pasha, the wazir of Baghdad during the Ottoman era had overseen the expansion project during his office, and addition of several new facilities and features. During this time, ten additional domes, four central pillars in which there was no decorations or inscriptions, and a minaret with

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 were also added. Within the courtyard, there is a musholla (prayer space) for summer time, and at the left side there is a musholla for winter time. Within the mosque there is also a

. There are five gates to the mosque, which all of them lead to the prayer space for congregational prayers such as jumuah and

eid prayer Eid prayers, also referred to as Salat al-Eid ( ar, صلاة العيد), are holy holiday prayers in the Islamic tradition. The literal translation of the word "Eid" in Arabic is "festival" or "feast" and is a time when Muslims congregate with ...

s.كتاب دليل الجوامع والمساجد التراثية والأثرية - ديوان الوقف السني في العراق. p.38.

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Al-Sarai mosque in Baghdad 1917-1919.jpg, Al Sarai Mosque, in 1917 File:قباب شارع المتنبي في بغداد.jpg, Al-Sarai Mosque in 2018

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