Timeline of Mosul
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mosul, Iraq.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 990 CE - Syrian Uqaylids in power.[1]
- 1173 CE - Great Mosque of al-Nuri consecrated.
- 1258 - Mosul sacked by forces of Hulagu Khan.[2]
- 1508 - Ottomans in power.[2]
- 1743 - Siege of Mosul (1743) during Persian invasion.
20th century
- 1957 - Mosul football club formed.
- 1960 - Ash-Shabibah newspaper published.
- 1967 - University of Mosul founded.
21st century
- 2003 - March: 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- 2004 - June: 2004 Mosul bombings.
- 2004 - November: Battle of Mosul (2004).
- 2008 - Ninawa campaign.
- 2013 - April: Anti-government protest.[3]
- 2014 - June: Fall of Mosul.
- 2015 - January: Mosul offensive (2015).
- 2016 - October: Retaking Mosul.
References
- ↑ Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Mosul". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. pp. 522+. ISBN 1884964036.
- 1 2 Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (2013). "Mawsil". Historical Dictionary of Iraq (2nd ed.). Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ↑ Iraq police and gunmen die in Mosul clashes, BBC News, 25 April 2013
Further reading
- William Francis Ainsworth (1842). "City of Mosul". Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia. London: John W. Parker.
- E. Honigmann (1993) [1927]. "Mosul". Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill. pp. 609–611.
- "Iraq: Mosul", Middle East, Australia: Lonely Planet, 1994, p. 309+, OL 16516298W
- Shields, Sarah. (2000) Mosul before Iraq: Like Bees Making Five-Sided Cells. Albany: State University of New York Press
- Peter Sluglett (2002), David Levinson and Karen Christensen, ed., "Mosul", Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons – via Global Issues In Context, (subscription required (help))
- Reeva S. Simon (2004), Philip Mattar, ed., "Mosul", Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, NY: Macmillan Reference USA – via Global Issues In Context, (subscription required (help))
- C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Mosul". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 412+.
- "Mosul". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
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