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Al-Asifyah Mosque

Al-Asifyah Mosque

The Mosque-Madrasa of al-Asifyah (Arabic: مدرسة الآصفية) is a Sufi mosque and madrasa complex, located near the riverbank of Tigris, in the city of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The mosque and its associated complex includes a madrasa, old courts, and other former government buildings, and a palace are contained within a 7.57-hectare (18.7-acre) site alongside the banks of the Tigris that forms part of a tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site list, adjacent to the al-Wazeer Mosque.

The mosque complex also includes a small shrine, which is believed to entomb the remains of Islamic scholar al-Kulayni. It could also contain the tomb of Islamic Sufi Imam al-Muhasibi.

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Alasifia school
  • Country: Iraq
  • City: Baghdad
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  • Global Ranking Score (Higher is Better): 3623