Atta Mosque

Atta Mosque
جامع عطا
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Active
Location
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Architecture
Founder	Atta family
Dome	1

The Atta Mosque (Arabic: جامع عطا) is an old historical mosque located in Karkh in Baghdad, Iraq.

History

The mosque was built in the 17th century by the House of Atta, an influential, wealthy trading family notable for their trade work across Iraq, the Levant, the Hejaz, and Egypt at the time. Although the family eventually settled in Egypt, members of the family also held a majlis in the area and had teachers from the Qadiriyya and al-Khilani Mosque. The mosque's construction was part of charity work the family conducted and became well-known for, especially the construction of the Atta Mosque, which the family became famous for at the time.^[1]

Furthermore, the neighborhood in which the mosque is located and is most frequented by, became known as the "Atta Mosque locality", and is still referred to by the locals of al-Karkh.^[2][3] The mosque's architecture is fairly modest, having a small prayer space that leads to the qibla. It has a courtyard but no minaret.^[3]

See also

• Islam in Iraq
• List of mosques in Baghdad
• Shabandar Mosque, another notable mosque in Baghdad also built by a notable merchant family.

References

1. Al-Durabi, Ibrahim (1958). Baghdadis, their news, and councils (in Arabic). Baghdad: Al-Rabita Press. pp. 46–47.
2. Nasiri, Anwar Abd al-Hamid (1997). Suq al-Jadid: A neighborhood in the western part of Baghdad (in Arabic). Dār al-Shuʼūn al-Thaqāfīyah al-ʻĀmmah. pp. 80–81. OCLC 743420510.
3. Strika, Vincenzo; Khalil, Jabir (1987). The Islamic architecture of Baghdād: The results of a joint Italian-Iraqi survey. Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli. p. 27. OCLC 1015070877.