Imam al-Baher Mosque, Seljuk mosque in Mosul, Iraq

Imam al-Baher Mosque is a place of worship built in Seljuk style, featuring a large central dome with a steel minaret and ornamental patterns decorating the walls. The structure was designed around a shrine chamber located beside the main prayer hall.

A Zangid ruler commissioned this building in 1259 as a place to honor Imam al-Baher, a descendant of an important religious lineage. The structure was destroyed in recent times but has since been reconstructed.

The building began as a madrasa before Badr al-Din Lu'lu' turned it into a mashhad for Imam al-Baher ibn Muhammad al-Baqir, which is why it is still called Mashhad al-Imam Baher. The marble entrance was carved with two intertwined serpents, their heads at the top of the door and tails at the base, framed by Kufic words. The original mihrab was moved to the Abbasid Palace in Baghdad and replaced by a cement copy.

The site has been carefully restored in recent years and now displays its Seljuk architecture clearly. Visitors can view the building and its decorative elements from outside, though access to certain areas may be limited depending on current conditions.

The shrine door was carved from blue marble, with a band of raised marble rectangles framed by two intertwined serpents, their heads at the top of the door and their tails at the base. Above it, Kufic script reads "al-Mulk li-llah", flanked by "Muhammad" and "Ali".