Kadhimiya
Kadhimiya or Kadhimayn (ٱلْكَاظِمَيْن) is a northern neighbourhood of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.
Kadhimiya or Kadhimayn (ٱلْكَاظِمَيْن) is a northern neighbourhood of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city center, on the west bank of the Tigris. 'Kadhimiya' is also the name of one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. As the place of the Kadhimiya Mosque, it is regarded as a holy city in Shia Islam.
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Worth seeing in and around Kadhimiya
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
The Kadhimiya Mosque, also known as the Jawadayn Shrine, is the mausoleums of the seventh and ninth Shia Imams, respectively Musa al-Kazim and his grandson Muhammad al-Jawad, located in the Kazimiya suburb of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. It is a holy site in Shia Islam.
900 m · mosque in Iraq · Wikipedia - 02Abu Hanifa Mosque
The Abu Hanifa Mosque, also known as the Grand Imam Mosque, is a Sunni mosque and shrine, located in the A'dhamiyya district of northern Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The complex is one of the most prominent mosques in Baghdad, that is built around the tomb of Islamic scholar Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man, the founder of the Hanafi school, an Islamic school of Islamic religious jurisprudence.
1.4 km · mosque · Wikipedia - 03Alasifia school
The Mosque-Madrasa of al-Asifyah is a Sufi mosque and madrasa complex, located near the riverbank of Tigris, in the city of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The mosque and its associated complex includes a madrasa, old courts, and other former government buildings, and a palace are contained within a 7.57-hectare site alongside the banks of the Tigris that forms part of a tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site list, adjacent to the al-Wazeer Mosque.
2.2 km · old Iraqi School and mosque built in the Ottoman Empire in 1608 · Wikipedia - 04Buratha Mosque
The Buratha Mosque is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque, located in the Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq. It is an important holy site for Twelver Shi'ites.
3.5 km · historic mosque Baghdad, Iraq · Wikipedia - 05Iraqi University
The Iraqi University offers bachelor's and graduate university degrees. It is located in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq.
2.5 km · prestigious university in Baghdad · Wikipedia - 06Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque
The Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque, formerly the Abu Rabi'ah Mosque, also known as Mashhad al-Wu'ud – before it became a mosque – is a Sunni mosque and shrine, located in the al-A'dhamiyya district of the city of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The structure was renovated in modern times, and it contains the tomb of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta'sim.
1.8 km · historic mosque in Baghdad, Iraq · Wikipedia - 07Khuld Palace
The Khuld Palace was one of the principal caliphal palaces in Baghdad during the early Abbasid Caliphate.
3.8 km · Abbasid palace in Baghdad · Wikipedia - 08Al-Aaimmah bridge
Al-Aimmah Bridge is a bridge over the river Tigris in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The bridge links the areas of Adhamiyah, which is a majority Sunni Arab area, from its east bank, with the Shi'te area of Kadhimiya on its west.
1 km · bridge in Iraq · Wikipedia - 09Iraq Royal Cemetery
The Royal Cemetery in Baghdad, Iraq, is the site of the royal mausoleum where the Iraqi Royal Family is buried. Also known as the Royal Mausoleum, it was designed by the British architect John Brian Cooper and was built between 1934 and 1936 in the style of Islamic architecture.
1.9 km · historic site in Baghdad, Iraq · Wikipedia - 10Shabandar Mosque
The Shabandar Mosque is a Sunni mosque located in al-Adhamiyah district of the city of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was completed in 1902 CE, by the Iraqi Arab Shabandar family, an important wealthy merchant and philanthropic family in Iraq that built several mosques.
1.3 km · old mosque built during the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1902 and located in the Adhamiya district of Baghdad, Iraq · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kadhimiya
- Airports
- Baghdad / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), 17 km · Al Najaf (NJF), 155 km · Kirkuk (KIK), 232 km
- Najaf → Kadhimiya8 km · quickest by road, 23 min · $1–1.5
- Kirkuk → Kadhimiya230 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · $21–28
- Arbil → Kadhimiya311 km · quickest by road, 5h 37m · $28–39
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kadhimiya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kadhimiya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor those working for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Iraq, there are charter airlines operating into Baghdad.
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Next door to Kadhimiya
Kadhimiya is 7 km from Baghdad, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Round city of Baghdadoriginal core of the city of Baghdad3.8 km
- Adhamiyahdistrict of Baghdad1.9 km
- Saba Abkararea of Baghdad, Iraq1.8 km
- Al-Wazireyaneighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq3.7 km