The Imam Dur Mausoleum or Qubba Imam Al-Dur was a mausoleum in Iraq which dates back to the Uqaylid era. The mausoleum was located twenty kilometers north of Samarra in Saladin Governorate.
The Imam Dur Mausoleum, in 2005
Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 348,700. During the Iraqi Civil War, Samarra was in the "Sunni Triangle" of resistance.
The spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra (2016)
Female statuette, Samarra, 6000 BC
The Samarra bowl at the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin. The swastika in the center of the design is a reconstruction.
Chinese-made sancai pottery shard, 9th–10th century, found in Samarra, an example of Chinese influences on Islamic pottery. British Museum.