Prophet Jonah Mosque
The mosque of the prophet Jonah , short Jonamoschee ( Arabic جامع النبي يونس, DMG Ǧāmiʿ an-Nabī Yūnus ), was an ancient Nestorian church repurposed as a mosque , which was destroyed by the Islamic State in 2014 . It was located in the east of the city of Mosul .
According to tradition, the biblical prophet Jonah was buried in this place. It was the East Syrian monastery of Mār Yōnān. The Assyrian King Asarhaddon had previously built a palace on this site, as can be seen from the reliefs and engravings in the tunnel system below the building. When the Timurid ruler Timur Leng visited the site in 1393, the former monastery was already a mosque. In the middle of the building was a tomb covered with silk and silver Persian carpets . A whale tooth was also kept here as an allusion to the Koranic story of the Prophet Yunus .
The Jonas Mosque was rebuilt under the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . On July 24, 2014, the Jonas Mosque was blown up by the Islamic State terrorist organization, which had previously captured the city of Mosul, after they ransacked Jonas's grave.
Inside the tunnel system under the mosque, archaeologists from Heidelberg University came across a throne room that was once around 55 meters long, including a pedestal, on which the Assyrian ruler Asarhaddon received visitors. It is the largest throne room in the Assyrian Empire to date, explains Peter A. Miglus .
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- David Wilmshurst (Ed.): The Ecclesiastical Organization of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 . S. 189 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed March 4, 2016]).
- Terrorist militia blows up the mosque of the prophet Jonah. Retrieved March 4, 2016 .
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- ↑ After destruction by IS: So far the largest throne room of the Assyrian Empire discovered . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed April 18, 2020]).
Coordinates: 36 ° 20 ′ 54.6 ″ N , 43 ° 9 ′ 35.2 ″ E