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Description
Property Name: Suq al-Ghazl Minaret
Inventory No: 964-1-8
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2007-11-28
Country (State party): Iraq
Province: Baghdad
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 33° 20′ 19.98″ N
44° 23′ 51.49″ E
Historic Period: Ilkhanid
Year of Construction: ca. 1279
Style:
Original Use: Minaret
Current Use: Minaret
Architect: Unknown
Significance
It is an Il-Khanid monument remarkable with the arabesque-carved brickwork and geometric patterns as well as being the only minaret in Iraq with a twelve-sided base.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The mosque dates back to the Abbasid era. The minaret is the only part remaining from the original construction. which itself was constructed between 902 and 908 by the Abbasid caliph Muqtafi, yet burnt to the ground in 1258 during the Mongol invasion of Baghdad. The minaret was refurbished in 1960.
References
Al-Janab, Tariq Jawad. 1982. Studies In Mediaeval Iraqi Architecture. Baghdad: Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Culture and Information State Organization of Antiquities and Heritage.
Rusafa: Study on Conservation and Redevelopment of Historical Centre of Baghdad City/Republic of Iraq, Amanat al Assima. Japan: JCP Inc. 1984.
Khalil, Jabir and Strika, Vincenzo. 1987. The Islamic Architecture of Baghdad; the Results of a Joint Italian -Iraqi Survey. Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale.
Michell, George. ed. 1978. Architecture of the Islamic World; Its History and Social Meaning. London: Thanes & Hudson.
Ettinghausen, Richard and Grabar, Oleg. 1987. The Art and Architecture of Islam 650-1250. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.