Al-Askari Shrine

This article is about the Iraqi mosque. For the medieval Egyptian capital, see Al-Askar.

Al-'Askarī Shrine
العتبة العسكرية
The mosque and shrine in 2021
Location of the mosque and shrine in Iraq
Religion
Affiliation	Shia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Shrine
Status	Active
Location
Location	Samarra, Saladin Governorate
Country	Iraq
Interactive map of Al-'Askarī Shrine
Coordinates	34°11′56″N 43°52′25″E
Architecture
Type	Shi’i mosque
Style	Islamic architecture
Completed	944 CE 1868 (remodelled) 1905 (dome added) 2009 (restoration)
Destroyed	February 2006 (partial); June 2007 (partial)
Specifications
Dome	One
Dome height (outer)	68 m (223 ft)
Dome dia. (outer)	20 m (66 ft)
Minaret	Two
Minaret height	36 m (118 ft)
Spire	One: (destroyed)
Shrines	Three: 'Alī al-Hādī Ḥasan al-'Askarī and others
Materials	Gold pieces; ceramic tiles
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Samarra Archaeological City
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference	276
Inscription	2007 (31st Session)
Endangered	2007-
Area	15,058 ha (37,210 acres)
Buffer zone	31,414 ha (77,630 acres)

The Al-Askari Shrine (Arabic: العتبة العسكرية), also known as the 'Askariyya Shrine and the Al-Askari Mosque, is the mausoleums of the tenth and eleventh Shia Imams, Ali al-Hadi and Ḥasan al- Askari, located in the city of Samarra, Saladin Governorate of Iraq. It is a holy site in Shia Islam.

Housed in the mosque are also the tombs of Ḥakīma Khātūn, sister of Imam Hadi; and Narjis Khātūn, the mother of Imam Mahdi. Adjacent to the mosque is another domed commemorative building, built over the cistern where the Twelfth Imam, the Mahdi, first entered the Minor Occultation or "hidden from the view"—whence the other title of the Mahdi, the Hidden Imam.