Buratha Mosque

Buratha Mosque
Buratha Mosque
Arabic: جامع براثا
	The mosque in 2015
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Twelver Shi'a
Location
Location	Karkh, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate
Country	Iraq
	Location of the mosque in Baghdad
Geographic coordinates	33°21′03″N 44°21′40″E / 33.3508333°N 44.3611111°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Modernist
Completed	7th century (historic); 1955 (current structure);
Specifications
Capacity	1,000–3,000 worshippers
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	2

The Buratha Mosque (Arabic: جامع براثا) is a historic Shi'ite mosque, located in the Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq. It is an important holy site for the Twelver Shi'ites.^[1]^[2]^[3] The mosque was allegedly built in the 7th century over an old Nestorian Christian monastery, and it is now located at least five kilometres (three point one miles) away from the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque.^[4]

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