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Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Prior to 16th century

* 570 CE - Mar Ishaya (monastery) founded across river from

Ninevah Nineveh (; akk, ; Biblical Hebrew: '; ar, نَيْنَوَىٰ '; syr, ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ, Nīnwē) was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern ban ...

; surrounding settlement later develops. * 641 CE - Arab forces of Utba bin Farqad take fortress in settlement. * 847 CE - 24 November:

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. * 874/875 CE - Taghlibi Khidr bin Ahmad becomes governor. * 880 CE -

Ishaq ibn Kundaj Ishaq ibn Kundaj () or Kundajiq, was a Turkic military leader who played a prominent role in the turbulent politics of the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th century. Initially active in lower Iraq in the early 870s, he came to be appointed gover ...

becomes governor. * 892 - Mosul besieged by forces of Harun bin Sulayman and Banu Shayban. * 907 -

Hamdanids The Hamdanid dynasty ( ar, الحمدانيون, al-Ḥamdāniyyūn) was a Twelver Shia Arab dynasty of Northern Mesopotamia and Syria (890–1004). They descended from the ancient Banu Taghlib Christian tribe of Mesopotamia and Eastern A ...

in power. * 990s - Syrian

Uqaylids The Uqaylid dynasty () was a Shia Arab dynasty with several lines that ruled in various parts of Al-Jazira, northern Syria and Iraq in the late tenth and eleventh centuries. The main line, centered in Mosul, ruled from 990 to 1096. History Rise ...

in power. * 1095/1096 -

Seljuqs The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; fa, سلجوقیان ''Saljuqian'', alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turk ...

in power. * 1127/1128 - Seljuqs ousted by

Imad ad-Din Zengi Imad al-Din Zengi ( ar, عماد الدین زنكي; – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkmen atabeg, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake of the Zengid dyna ...

. * 1146 -

Saif ad-Din Ghazi I Saif ad-Din Ghazi I (died 1149) was the Emir of Mosul from 1146 to 1149, who fought in the Second Crusade. He was the eldest son of Imad al-Din Zengi of Mosul, and the elder brother of Nur ad-Din. Regaining control In 1146 Imad al-Din Zengi w ...

in power. * 1170 - Great Mosque of al-Nuri construction begins. * 1182 - Mosul besieged by forces of

Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...

during rule of

Izz ad-Din Mas'ud Izz al-Din Mas'ud (I) ibn Mawdud ( ar, عز الدين مسعود بن مودود} died 1193) was a Zengid emir of Mosul. Biography Izz al-Din Mas'ud was the brother of emir Sayf al-Din Ghazi II, and the leader of his armies. When his brother ...

. * 1185 - Mosul again besieged by forces of Saladin. * 1224 - Mosul taken by forces of

Badr al-Din Lu'lu' Badr al-Din Lu'lu' ( ar, بَدْر الدِّين لُؤْلُؤ) (died 1259) (the name Lu'Lu' means 'The Pearl', indicative of his servile origins) was successor to the Zengid emirs of Mosul, where he governed in variety of capacities from 1234 ...

. * 1239 - Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim (mausoleum) built near city. * 1248 - Imam Awn al-Din shrine built. Retrieved 23 June 2017 * 1258 - Mosul sacked by forces of

Hulagu Khan Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulegu ( mn, Хүлэгү/ , lit=Surplus, translit=Hu’legu’/Qülegü; chg, ; Arabic: fa, هولاکو خان, ''Holâku Khân;'' ; 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of West ...

. * 1262 - July: Mosul taken by Mongol forces.

16th–19th centuries

* 1516 -

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in power. * 1535 - Ottoman administrative

Mosul Eyalet Mosul Eyalet ( ar, إيالة الموصل; ota, ایالت موصل, Eyālet-i Mūṣul) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was . The eyalet was largely inhabited by Kurds. Playfair, James (1813)A System of ...

created. * 1623 - Mosul taken by Persian forces (approximate date). * 1625 - Persians ousted; Ottomans in power again. * 1719 - Sari Mustafa becomes governor. * 1730 - Hussein Jalili appointed governor. * 1733 - Mosul besieged by forces of Nadir Khan. * 1743 -

Siege of Mosul (1743) The siege of Mosul (1743) was the siege of the Ottoman-held city of Mosul in northern Mesopotamia by Nader Shah's army during the Persian invasion of the Ottoman Empire in 1743. Commencement of the siege The Persian siege train had been much i ...

by Persian forces. * 1745 -

Battle of Mosul (1745) The Battle of Kars (August 19, 1745) was the last major engagement of the Ottoman-Persian War. The battle resulted in the complete and utter destruction of the Ottoman army. It was also the last of the great military triumphs of Nader Shah. Th ...

fought in vicinity of city. * 1826 - Unrest; governor Yahya al-Jalili ousted. * 1839 - Ottoman administrative

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Edict of Gülhane The Gülhane Hatt-ı Şerif ("Supreme Edict of the Rosehouse"; french: Hatti-Chérif de Gulhané) or Tanzimât Fermânı ("Imperial Edict of Reorganization") was a proclamation by Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I in 1839 that launched the Tan ...

. * 1854 - "Rebellion" against administrative reform.

20th century

* 1920 - Population: 703,378 in vilayet (province). * 1926 - Mosul becomes part of the Kingdom of Iraq per League of Nations

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. * 1947 - Population: 133,625 in city; 595,190 in province. * 1957 - Mosul football club formed. * 1960 - '' Ash-Shabibah'' newspaper published. * 1965 - Population: 264,146. * 1967 -

University of Mosul The University of Mosul is a public university located in Mosul. It is one of the largest educational and research centers in the Middle East, and the second largest in Iraq, behind the University of Baghdad. The University of Mosul was closed b ...

founded. * 1969 ** begins. ** National Insurance Company built. * 1970 - Population: 310,313 (estimate). * 1986 -

Mosul Dam Mosul Dam ( ar, سد الموصل), formerly known as Saddam Dam (), is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris river in the western governorate of Nineveh, upstream of the city of Mosul. The dam serves to generate hydroelectricity ...

begins operating near city. * 1987 - Population: 664,221.

21st century

* 2003 - March–May:

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Mosul International Airport Mosul International Airport is an airport located at Mosul, capital of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It became a civil airport in 1990 with the rebuild of the runway (from asphalt to concrete) and construction of a new terminal. After undergoing maj ...

occupied. * 2004 ** 24 June: 2004 Mosul bombings. ** November:

Battle of Mosul (2004) The Battle of Mosul was a battle fought during the Iraq War in 2004 for the capital of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq that occurred concurrently to fighting in Fallujah. Prelude During the occupation by the U.S. 101st Airborne Divi ...

. * 2007 - 23 April: April 2007 Mosul massacre. * 2008 - Ninawa campaign. * 2013 - April: Anti-government protest. * 2014 ** 4–10 June: Mosul taken by forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ** June:

Mass executions in ISIL occupied Mosul This article lists the mass executions in ISIL-occupied Mosul. Mosul, which is located in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, was occupied by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Fall of Mosul on June 10, 2014, until the libera ...

begin. ** 16–19 August: Battle for Mosul Dam fought near city. * 2015 - January:

Mosul offensive (2015) The Mosul offensive (2015) was an offensive launched by Kurdish Peshmerga forces on 21 January 2015, with the objective of severing key ISIL supply routes to Mosul, Iraq, and to recapture neighboring areas around Mosul. The effort was supported ...

. * 2016 - October:

Battle of Mosul (2016–17) Battle of Mosul may refer to: * Battle of Mosul (1107), a battle in which Kilij Arslan I of the Rum Seljuks conquered Mosul * Siege of Mosul (1743), an offensive in which the Persians besieged the Ottomans * Battle of Mosul (1745), a battle betwee ...

begins. * 2017 ** 21 June: Great Mosque of al-Nuri destroyed. ** July: Iraqi army

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