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haitham459 on May 30, 2014

The Minaret of Samarra, also known as the Malwiya Minaret or Malwiya Tower (Arabic: ملوية‎ malwiyah) is part of the Great Mosque of Samarra in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque is one of the largest in the world, and was built by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. The minaret was originally connected to the mosque by a bridge.

The minaret or tower was constructed in 848 – 852 of sandstone, and is unique among other minarets because of its ascending spiral conical design. 52 metres high and 33 metres wide at the base, the spiral contains stairs reaching to the top. The word "malwiya" translates as "twisted" or "snail shell".

At the top of the cone is a small cylindrical room with a six-metre radius. This room is decorated with eight arcs on the outside Each arc is erected on two small brick posts.

The Malwiya was used for the "call to prayer"; its height made it practical for such use. It is visible from a considerable distance in the area around Samarra and therefore may have been designed as a strong visual statement of the presence of Islam in the Tigris Valley ..Best regards from iraq

pcfelix on June 2, 2014

Thanks haitham 459 on a historical description, many of this historical parts I don't know. I now only know that is famous and very beautiful place.

Best regards from Serbia and from me

PCFelix

haitham459 on October 6, 2014

(pcfelix)Thanks from me to you and thank you from all of Iraq .. I was born in 1971, and imaging was not available for all the people in that period, so I feel nostalgic when watching these images if you have more pictures of Iraq in that period, please send it to haitham459@yahoo.com or haitham459@mail.ru

pcfelix on October 9, 2014

Hi Haitham 459 I am very glad because you like my photo gallery especially photos from Iraq. That is my first long trip in foreign countries with different climate than the climate in my country. I really liked it so much that i now for our summer vacation trying to find anything like Iraq. Here on panoramio I am put all public photo. You have to understand year when they photo taken year when is not be digital cameras and when I have only 32 photos available. All other photos remain committed to the main hard drive, my brain forever. Best regards from Serbia and from me PCFelix

haitham459 on November 26, 2014

(PCFelix)I highly appreciate your kindness ..thank you...

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