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Mosque in Mosul, Iraq
Al-Nabi Shith Mosque
The Al-Nabi Shith Mosque before it was detonated by ISIL in 2014.
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque and shrine
StatusDestroyed (under reconstruction)
Location
Geographic coordinatesunknown
Architecture
TypeIslamic Architecture
FounderAhmad Basha ibn Suleyman Basha al-Jalili
Date established1815–16
Destroyed2014
Specifications
Dome(s)2
Minaret(s)1
Shrine(s)1

Al-Nabi Shith Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النبي سيث, romanized: Mosque of the Prophet Sheet) was a historic Shi'ite Muslim mosque and shrine in Mosul, Iraq. The shrine is believed to contain the tomb of Seth, third son of Adam, known by Muslims as Sheth or Shith.

History

The mosque dates back to the Ottoman period. It was built by Ahmad Basha ibn Suleyman Basha al-Jalili in 1815. The mosque was also at the centre of a cemetery, which had mausoleums present in the 20th century. At some point of time, the original Ottoman-period structure was destroyed and in the 1970s until 1980s a new mosque building and minaret were built over the destroyed site.

2014 demolition

On 24 July 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detonated explosives inside the Al-Nabi Shith Mosque, destroying it completely. The militants had also allegedly removed artifacts from the shrine and took them to an unknown location.

2022 reconstruction

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References

  1. "Remembering Mosul". Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. "Remembering Mosul". Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. "Remembering Mosul". Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. "ISIS destroys Prophet Sheth shrine in Mosul". Al Arabiya English. 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  5. AFP (2014-07-26). "Iraq jihadist dynamite Shiite shrine in Mosul". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. AFP (2014-07-26). "Iraq jihadist dynamite Shiite shrine in Mosul". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-06-10.


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