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Minaret of the Great Mosque at Sāmarrā’ |
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| This spiral minaret, where the muezzin once called the faithful to prayer, is the only surviving feature of the Great Mosque at Sāmarrā’, Iraq. At the time of its construction (848-852), the Great Mosque at Sāmarrā’ was the largest Islamic mosque in the world. | ||||||
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| Islam; Iraq; Islamic Art and Architecture; Architecture (building) | ||||||
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