Description

Property Name: Murad Pasha Mosque
Inventory No: 964-1-7
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2007-11-28
Country (State party): Iraq
Province: Baghdad
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 33.35, 44.4166666666667
Historic Period: Classic Ottoman (1453-1579)
Year of Construction: 1578
Style: Classical Ottoman
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown

Significance
It is an example of the Ottoman structures in Baghdad.

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

References
Strika V., Khalil J. 1987. The Islamic Architecture of Baghdad. Napoli: Instituto Universitario Orientale, 61.
Uluçam, Abdüsselam. Irak’taki Türk Mimari Eserleri. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı, 1989. (Uluçam, Abdüsselam. Turkish Architectural Monuments in Iraq. Ankara: Ministry of Culture, 1989.)
Archnet website: http:archnet.org (Retrieved on November 2007)