The center of heritage revival organizes seminar entitled(the scientific role of Al-Ahmadiya mosque and school )
The center of heritage revival organizes seminar entitled (the scientific role of Al-Ahmadiya mosque and school) in the hall of Nabila A. Munam in the center on Monday 16th/12/2024 , the lecture is presented by Dr.Leqaa Amer Ashutr (one of the center members) who talks about the importance of historical mosque in Baghdad, which dates back to the Ottoman period,where is located on the side of Al-Rusafa, near the Al-Maidan , and is also known as the Al-Maidan Mosque. The Ottoman governor of Baghdad, Ahmed Pasha, who was the deputy of the governor, Suleiman Pasha the Great, ordered its construction. Ahmed Pasha commissioned the most skilled architects and masters to build it during his lifetime, but he did not witness its opening on an area of 2,600 square meters. His brother Abdullah Bey completed the mosque’s construction about a year later (1796 AD). A two-storey school was attached to it, as well as a library containing rare books and manuscripts. The school continued to provide its scientific services until the mid-fifties of the twentieth century. The most famous scholars in Baghdad studied and graduated from it, including Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ahmed Al-Shawwaf (d. 1851 AD), Sheikh Ghulam Rasool Al-Hindi (d. 1912 AD), Yahya Al-Watri (d. 1923 AD), Sheikh Abdul Wahhab Al-Naib (d. 1926 AD), and Munir Al-Watari (d. 1947 AD). It was renewed several times, and the first to renew it was the eight governor, Dawoud Pasha, in the year (1893 AD). Its renewal continued for five years and was completed in the year (1976 AD). The last renewal was carried out by the Sunni Endowment in the year (2010 AD)
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