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Al-Askari Mosque is a mosque and shrine, a holy site of the Shi’ite Muslims commemorating Hassan al-Askar, a Twelver Shi’i Imam (846–874 CE). It was built in Samarra, Iraq, in 944.

 Kasbah of the Udayas

Name: Al-Askari Mosque; Tomb of al-Askari
Material: Masonry and gold tiles

Size:
Dome:
Diameter: 20 m (66 ft)
Height: 68 m (223 ft)
Minarets: 36 m (118 ft)

Date: 944 CE

Place of Origin: Samarra, Iraq

Location: Samarra, Iraq

Source and Registration#:
Wikimedia Commons
(accessed April 30, 2010).

Wadad Kadi

Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies, Emerita, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago