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One of the most important monuments in Iraq or even in all Islam. A huge gilded dome on a circular drum. Four minarets. Kufic inscriptions. Canopied balconies. Glinting mirror mosaics and lustrously glazed tiles. Floors of marble. Originally built in AD 799, it is the double-tomb of the Imams Musa and his grandson Mohamed Jawad, who died in AD 799 and 835 respectively. Rebuilt by the Turkish Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, in 1534. Added to by the Persian ruler, Shah Abbas. A high and abominable external wall has recently been built round this famous mosque; it is of cement, painted white with wide black lines criss-crossing it.

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