Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, Iraq. Artist: Unknown.

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Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, Iraq. Once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century CE. The famous spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra was built in 847 CE by Caliph al-Mutawakkil. The city went into rapid decline after the collapse of the Abbasid empire, but remains a place of pilgrimage for Muslims.

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Size: 3565px × 3508px
Location: World,Asia,Iraq
Photo credit: © Historic England Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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