The Qushla or ''The Qishleh'' (

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: القشلة) is an Ottoman site in

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. 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.

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Iraq Restores Historic Ottoman Site

Al-Qushla Building (UNESCO)
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