Iraq / Baghdad / Attractions / Sheikh Maruf Shrine
Near by stands a small shrine with the remains of a holy ascetic-Sheikh Maruf- who died a few years after Harun. It was burned accidentally in 1067 and rebuilt by orders of Caliph al-Qaim . . . restored in 1215 by Caliph al-Nasir.. . The Mongol sacking of Baghdad in 1258 does not seem to have destroyed this mosque, for ibn Battuta [the great Tunisian traveller], who visited Baghdad in 1327, speaks of it as "standing in the quarter of the Basra Gate". The mosque has undergone several restorations including those in 1675, 1688, 1892 and finally in 1974 by the Mudir el Awqaf [Ministry of Religious Endowments]
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Last updated: May 10, 2010