Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque (Sinjar)

Qubba Sitna Zaynab
قُبَّة سِتْنَا زَيْنَب
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam
Location
LocationSinjar, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq
Geographic coordinatesunknown
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic
CompletedOriginal structure unknown. Reconstructed structure completed in 2020.
Dome(s)3

Qubbat Sitnā Zaynab (Arabic: قُبَّة سِتْنَا زَيْنَب, romanizedMausoleum of Sitna Zaynab) is a mosque and mausoleum located in Sinjar, in the Ninawa Governorate. The original mausoleum building was built in 1239 CE by Badr al-Din Lu'lu' as part of a ruling strategy to promote Shia Islam by sponsoring the erection of shrines and tombs dedicated to Imams throughout the Ninawa Governorate.[1]

  1. ^ "Archnet". www.archnet.org. Retrieved 2022-06-08.