Mosque of Salman al-Farsi

Mosque of Salman al-Farsi
Arabic: مسجد سلمان الفارسي
Religion
Affiliation	Shi'a[1]
District	Al-Mada'in
Province	Diyala Province
Status	Active
Location
Location	Salman Pak, Iraq
Location in Iraq
Geographic coordinates	33°05′54″N 44°34′52″E / 33.0982656°N 44.5809823°E / 33.0982656; 44.5809823
Architecture
Type	mosque and mausoleum
Style	Modern architecture with elements from Ottoman and Abbasid styles[2]
Date established	1950 (mausoleum existed before that)
Specifications
Capacity	at least 800 worshippers[2]
Interior area	500 square metres
Dome(s)	4
Dome height (outer)	17 metres (main dome)[2]
Minaret(s)	2
Minaret height	23 metres[2]
Shrine(s)	2 (one shrine for Salman al-Farsi, the other shrine for the companions)

The Mosque of Salman al-Farsi (Arabic: مسجد سلمان الفارسي) is a historic mosque located in the city of Salman Pak, Al-Mada'in district, Iraq. It contains the purported tomb of Salman al-Farsi, a Sahaba, and this the mosque is named after him.

It is historically a Sunni mosque, however, at some point of time the mosque was removed from the Sunni Endowment and given to the Shi'ite managements.^[3]