It is all that survives of a mosque built by Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri, ruler of Erbil from about 1190 to 1233.
Fine brick patterns cover its octagonal base, and it now stands in Erbil’s Minaret Park.
Photos: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 | Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mudhafaria Minaret
منارة مظفرية (منارة چولي)
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