The Great Mosque of Samarra is located in Samarra, Iraq and was built in the 9th century. It is also called the Great Mosque of Al-Mutawakkil. The Great Mosque was built by Caliph Al-Mutawakkil. The Grand Mosque of Samarra gave Muslims the opportunity to pray in Iraq and also to express their religious beliefs. Furthermore, the mosque was known for the use of stucco, which was contained within. The Great Mosque of Samarra was a large building built because it gave Muslims the opportunity to have a place to pray and also became a historic building in history, due to its height. The mosque was built in 848 and was completed in 851 by Caliph Al-Mutawakkil. In the article Great Mosque of Al-matuwakkil, it is said that in the year 836 the Caliph built a military camp on the mainland and called it "surra man ra'a", meaning "he who sees it rejoices" and later others they believed it meant “a joy to all who see” and that is when it becomes Samarra. 1. Samarra became a mosque that people visit every day and it became a joy to those who visit the mosque. The great mosque of Samarra was founded on the left bank of the Tigris River. When the mosque was founded and created, it signified the presence of Islam in the Tigris River. The great mosque of Samarra was once the largest mosque in history until it was attacked and destroyed of the mosque, the wall paintings employed a wide range of subjects, including geometric patterns and figurative scenes depicting people taking part in courtly activities, such as playing and listening to music, dancing or drinking wine at court banquets 2 and in the Mosque there were paintings of people doing happy and fun things, this implies that the Mosque was a happy place for ...... middle of paper ......d and can be entered through sixteen gates which are open for people. There are several people who go up to the mosque and are ready to invoke their prayers and support the Muslim religion (Fig.3). Furthermore, there are seventeen naves inside and each nave has a window, from where people can freely go out and pray. 5On April 1, 2005, the top of the Great Mosque of Samarra was damaged and destroyed by a bomb. People started attacking the mosque because they thought that the American troops were using the top of the mosque as a lookout position6. The mosque was fifty-two meters high and would have been an excellent lookout position for the troops. When the bomb hit the mosque, it removed pieces of bricks from all over the mosque along its spiral ramp. When the mosque was destroyed it was never repaired or rebuilt. To this day the mosque is still missing and has not been rebuilt.