Qushla

Qushla Square in Al-Mutanabi Street, one of the oldest streets in Baghdad.

The Qushla or The Qishleh (Arabic: القشلة) is an Ottoman site in Baghdad, Iraq. The Qushla lays at Rusafa side of the Iraqi capital. The Ottoman Wali (governor) Namiq Pasha started the building in 1881. The building was finished after him by the next Wali Madhat Pasha.[1]

References

  1. "Historical Features of the Tigris River in Baghdad Rusafa, which extends from the school Al-Mustansiriya to the Abbasid Palace". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

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