Mosul is an old city on the Tigris river in northern Iraq that has seen many rulers over the ages. It holds the al-Nuri Mosque with its famous leaning minaret called al-Hadba. In the middle ages it was a city of trade and learning between Baghdad and Syria.
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Mosul
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Mosul is a city on the west bank of the Tigris in northern Iraq, opposite the ruins of the Assyrian city Nineveh. It gained its place in Islamic history as a centre of the Jazira, and flourished in the twelfth century under the Zengids when Imad al-Din Zengi made it his capital; the al-Nuri Mosque built by Nur al-Din Zengi stands there, with its leaning Hadba minaret that became the city's symbol until it was destroyed in 2017. It was a station on the caravan routes between Baghdad, Syria and Anatolia, and was known for weaving, scholars and crafts.
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