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Nabi Yunus Mosque Nabi Yunus Mosque, Mosul, Iraq.

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Also known as: Al-Mawṣil
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Mosul, city, capital of Nīnawā muḥāfaẓah (governorate), northwestern Iraq. From its original site on the western bank of the Tigris River, the modern city expanded to the eastern bank and now encircles the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. Located 225 miles (362 km) northwest of Baghdad, Mosul is Iraq’s second largest city and constitutes the chief commercial centre of the northwestern portion of the country. Probably built on the site of an...

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