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The great mosque of Khurmal is one of the ancient mosques of Kurdistan which is located in Khurmal district which is a small historic town in Halabja province.
This mosque and its minaret were created by Abdullah, the grandson of the second caliph Alkattab, during the Hasanwayhids era (959-1015), it has been renewed eight times, but it still needs more attention.
some interesting facts about this mosque:
1/ In 1933, King Faisal I visited Sheikh Hisamadin in this mosque.
2/ In 1941, The poet Piramerd visited the mosque and wrote a poem about it:
دهوری ئهسحابان سێ مزگهوت كران
یهكهم له نگڵ دووهم له كرمان
سێیهم له خورماڵ سهرچاوهی كوردان
‘In the poem, Piramerd mentions three ancient mosques in Negel, Kerman, and Khurmal.’
3/Shakir Fatah also visited the great mosque of Khurmal from his important trip to Halabja in 1933.
Meanwhile, the Great mosque is in a bad condition, it needs more attention from the authorities and should have been made a tourist destination for visitors.
