Object description
The Great Mosque of Samarra is a mosque from the 9th century CE located in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil who reigned from 847 until 861. The mosque is located within the 15,058-hectare Samarra Archaeological City UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed in 2007.
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