Mosques and Shrines of Mosul - The Great (Nuriddin) Mosque

The Great (Nuriddin) Mosque

Built by Nuriddin Zanki in 1172 AD next door to the Umayyad Mosque. Ibn Battuta (the great Tunisian traveller) found a marble fountain there and a mihrab (the niche that indicates the direction of Mecca) with a Kufic inscription.

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