The Great Mosque was originally built under Nur al-Din al-Zangi Atabeg of Damascus, who occupied Mosul in 1170 after taking control from his brother Saif el Din Ghazi bin Qutb al-Din al Zingi.It may have been a development of a previous Mosque. All that remains from this complex are the minaret, two mihrabs, an inscribed marble slab, and some stucco decoration.

Nineveh Governorate (Arabic: محافظة نينوى, Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, Sorani Kurdish: پارێزگای نەینەوا, romanized: Parêzgeha Neynewa) is a governorate in northern Iraq.It has an area of 37,323 km 2 (14,410 sq mi) and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people as of 2003. Its largest city and provincial capital is Mosul ...

Mosul (arab. الموصل, Al-Mawṣil; kurd. مووسڵ, Musll) – miasto w północnym Iraku, stolica muhafazy Niniwa. Mosul leży nad Tygrysem, około 350 km na północny zachód od Bagdadu; jest największym miastem w kraju pod względem powierzchni po Bagdadzie i Basrze