Al-Askari Shrine
Sign in to saveAlso known as Al-Askari mosque, Haram of Imam Ali al-Hadi, Al-A'askari Holy Shrine, Marqad al-Imamayn, Marqad al-Imamayn 'Ali al-Hadi wa-l-Hassan al-Askari
religious historical complex in Samarra, Iraq
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It is catalogued under topics including 10th-century mosques, 944 establishments and Iraq War sites.
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Key facts
- Affiliation
- Shia (Twelver)
- Ecclesiastical or organisational status
- Shrine
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Samarra , Saladin Governorate
- Country
- Iraq
- Type
- Shi’i mosque
- Style
- Islamic architecture
- Completed
- 944 CE 1868 (remodelled) 1905 (dome added) 2009 (restoration)
- Destroyed
- February 2006 (partial) ; June 2007 (partial)
- Dome
- One
- Dome height outer
- 68 m (223 ft)
- Dome dia outer
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Minaret
- Two
- Minaret height
- 36 m (118 ft)
- Spire
- One: (destroyed)
- Shrines
- Three: 'Alī al-Hādī Ḥasan al-'Askarī and others
- Materials
- Gold pieces; ceramic tiles
- Official name
- Samarra Archaeological City
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- zarih
- Named after
- Hasan al-Askari
- Religion
- Islam
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Saladin Governorate
- Continent
- Asia
- Material used
- wood
- Official website
- askarian.iq
- Image
- Samarra - Oct 2018 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Al-Askari Shrine
- inception
- 0945-00-00
- offers view on
- Malwiya
- native label
- العتبة العسكرية
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Encyclopedic overview
The Al-Askari Shrine (Arabic: مَرْقَد ٱلْإِمَامَيْن عَلِيّ ٱلْهَادِي وَٱلْحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ, romanized: Marqad al-ʾImāmayn ʿAlī al-Hādī wal-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī, lit. 'Resting Place of the Two Imams Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari'), also known as the 'Askariyya Shrine and the Al-Askari Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque and mausoleum, located in the city of Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq.
Built in 944 CE, it is one of the most important Shia shrines in the world. The dome was destroyed in a bombing by Sunni extremists in February 2006 and its two remaining minarets were destroyed in another bombing in June 2007, causing widespread anger among Shias and instigation of the Iraqi Civil War between the country's Shia and Sunni factions. The remaining clock tower was also destroyed in July 2007. The dome and minarets were repaired and the mosque reopened in April 2009.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Askari Shrine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.