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Description
Property Name: Al-Khaffafin Mosque, Jami al-Khaffafin
Inventory No: 964-1-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2007-11-27
Country (State party): Iraq
Province: Baghdad
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 33° 20′ 16.06″ N
44° 23′ 26.24″ E
Historic Period: Abbasid
Year of Construction: 13th century (minaret)
Style:
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The minaret of the mosque is the oldest minaret in the city.
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
There have been many initiatives to restore this monument including during the rule of Sulaiman Pasha in the late 18th and as recent as the middle of 20th. Some details remain from the original minaret, while others have been adapted and no longer speak to the early Abbasid period.”
References
Al-Janab, Tariq Jawad. Studies In Mediaeval Iraqi Architecture. Baghdad: Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Culture and Information State Organization of Antiquities and Heritage, 1982.
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. The Islamic Architecture of Baghdad; the Results of a Joint Italian -Iraqi Survey. Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1987.
Archnet website: http://archnet.org (Retrieved on November 2007)