Al-Nabi Shith Mosque

This article is about the destroyed mosque in Iraq. For the settlement in Lebanon, see Al-Nabi Shayth.

Al-Nabi Shith Mosque
The Al-Nabi Shith Mosque before it was detonated by ISIL in 2014.
Religion
Status	Destroyed (pending reconstruction)
Location
Location	Mosul
Country	Iraq
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Islamic
Founder	Ahmad Basha ibn Suleyman Basha al-Jalili
Completed	17th century (tomb) 1815 (substantive structure) 1977 (major renovations)
Destroyed	2014
Specifications
Dome	Two
Minaret	One
Shrine	One

Al-Nabi Shith Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النبي سيث, romanized: Mosque of the Prophet Sheet) was a historic mosque and shrine in Mosul, Iraq. The shrine is believed to contain the tomb of Seth, third son of Adam, known by Muslims as Sheth or Shith. Destroyed by ISIL following the Fall of Mosul in 2014, there were plans to rebuild the mosque.

History

The site originated as a modest 17th-century tomb of the prophet, Seth, and a small mosque was added during the 18th century Ottoman period. In 1815, Ahmad Basha ibn Suleyman Basha al-Jalili replaced both structures with a large congregational mosque, a mausoleum of the prophet, a madrasa, and his own tomb. In 1977, the entire complex, with the exception of the minaret, was demolished and a new concrete mosque was erected at its place. The new minaret was built after 1983.

2014 demolition

On 24 July 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detonated explosives inside the Al-Nabi Shith Mosque, destroying it completely. The militants had also allegedly removed artifacts from the shrine and took them to an unknown location.

See also

• Destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State
• List of Islamic structures in Mosul
• List of mosques in Iraq