| Al-Mutawakkil commissioned the construction
of the Great Mosque of Samarra upon his succession to the Abbasid
caliphate in the mid-ninth century. While the outer wall still
stands, little remains of the interior of the mosque today. This
sizable rectangular structure measured approximately 38,000 square
meters and was encompassed by an outer baked brick wall supported
by a total of forty-four semi-circular towers including four
corner ones. In its time, it was the world's largest mosque.
Al-Mutawakkil commissioned the construction of the Great Mosque
of Samarra upon his succession to the Abbasid caliphate in the
mid-ninth century. While the outer wall still stands, little
remains of the interior of the mosque today. This sizable rectangular
structure measured approximately 38,000 square meters and was
encompassed by an outer baked brick wall supported by a total
of forty-four semi-circular towers including four corner ones.
In its time, it was the world's largest mosque. This mosque faces
Mecca as does every Abbasid Mosque from this time. |
