Great Mosque of Sulaymaniyah

Great Mosque of Sulaymaniyah
Arabic: مزگەوتی گەورەی سلێمانی
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Deity	Haji Kaka Ahmad
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque and mausoleum
Status	Active
Location
Location	Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Administration	baban
Geographic coordinates	35°33′29″N 45°26′26″E / 35.5580°N 45.4405°E / 35.5580; 45.4405
Architecture
Type	Islamic architecture
Founder	Ibrahim Baban
Date established	1784
Completed	1785
Specifications
Dome(s)	2
Minaret(s)	2
Site area	6000 square metres
Shrine(s)	2

The Great Mosque of Sulaymaniyah (Arabic: مزگەوتی گەورەی سلێمانی) or Sulaymaniyah Grand Mosque (جامع السليمانية الكبير) is a historic mosque located in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. It is also known as Sheikh Ahmad Mosque because it contains the tomb of Haji Kaka Ahmad, a Kurdish cleric who was known for his donations of food to the needy.^[1] The mosque was founded in 1784^[2] and built in 1785^[3] by the Baban Emir Ibrahim Baban, and it also contains a shrine dedicated to Mahmud Barzanji, a Kurdish leader who fought against the British occupation of Iraq.^[1][2] It is regarded as the first mosque in Sulaymaniyah. Attached to the mosque building is the mausoleum for the Baban family, a powerful family of Emirs who assisted the Ottoman Empire in the Safavid-Ottoman War^[4] and built the modern city of Sulaymaniyah.^[5]