Al-Kazimiyya Mosque

Al-Kadhimiyya Mosque
مَسْجِد ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RiteShia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque and shrine
StatusActive
Location
LocationKadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque is located in Baghdad
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque
Location in Baghdad
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque is located in Iraq
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque (Iraq)
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque is located in Middle East
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque (Middle East)
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque is located in Asia
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque
Al-Kazimiyya Mosque (Asia)
Geographic coordinates33°22′48″N 44°20′17″E / 33.38000°N 44.33806°E / 33.38000; 44.33806
Architecture
StyleIraqi architecture Qajar architecture
Shrine(s)6

Al-Kadhimiyya Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, romanizedMasjid al-Kāẓimiyya) is a Shi'a Islamic mosque and shrine located in the Kādhimiya suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. It contains the tombs of the seventh and ninth Twelver Shī'ī Imāms, respectively Mūsā al-Kādhim and his grandson Muhammad al-Jawad. Also buried within the premises of this mosque are the historical scholars Shaykh Mufīd and Shaykh Naṣīr ad-Dīn aṭ-Ṭūsi.[1][2][3] Directly adjacent to the mosque are two smaller shrines, belonging to the brothers Sayyid Raḍī (who compiled Nahjul-Balāghah) and Sayyid Murtadā and Qadi Abu Yusuf al-Ansari.

  1. ^ "تاریخچه حرم کاظمین" (in Persian). kazem.ommolketab.ir. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  2. ^ افتتاحية قبة الامام الجواد عليه السلام. www.aljawadain.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  3. ^ البدء بإعمار وتذهيب قبة الإمام الكاظم عليه السلام. www.aljawadain.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.