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Mosul Mosul ( ; , , ; ; ; ) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ...

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

Prior to 16th century

* 570 CE - Mar Ishaya (monastery) founded across river from

Ninevah Nineveh ( ; , ''URUNI.NU.A, Ninua''; , ''Nīnəwē''; , ''Nīnawā''; , ''Nīnwē''), was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul (itself built out of the Assyrian town of Mepsila) in northern ...

; surrounding settlement later develops. * 641 CE - Arab forces of Utba bin Farqad take fortress in settlement. * 847 CE - 24 November:

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. * 874/875 CE - Taghlibi Khidr bin Ahmad becomes governor. * 880 CE -

Ishaq ibn Kundaj Isḥāq ib Kundāj al-Khazarī () or Kundājīq, was a Turkic military leader who played a prominent role in the turbulent politics of the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th century. Initially active in lower Iraq in the early 870s, he came to b ...

becomes governor. * 892 - Mosul besieged by forces of Harun bin Sulayman and Banu Shayban. * 907 -

Hamdanids The Hamdanid dynasty () was a Islam, Shia Muslim Arab dynasty that ruled modern day Northern Mesopotamia and Bilad al-Sham , Syria (890–1004). They descended from the ancient Banu Taghlib tribe of Mesopotamia and Arabia. History Origin ...

in power. * 990s - Syrian

Uqaylids The Uqaylid dynasty () was a Shia Arab dynasty with several lines that ruled in various parts of Al-Jazira, northern Syria and Iraq in the late tenth and eleventh centuries. The main line, centered in Mosul, ruled from 990 to 1096. History Ri ...

in power. * 1095/1096 -

Seljuqs The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture. The founder of the S ...

in power. * 1127/1128 - Seljuqs ousted by

Imad ad-Din Zengi Imad al-Din Zengi (; – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Empire, who ruled Emir of Mosul, Mosul, Emirate of Aleppo, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Ede ...

. * 1146 -

Saif ad-Din Ghazi I Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (, died 1149) was the Emir of Mosul from 1146 to 1149, who fought in the Second Crusade. He was the eldest son of Imad al-Din Zengi of Mosul, and the elder brother of Nur ad-Din. Regaining control In 1146 Imad al-Din Zen ...

in power. * 1170 - Great Mosque of al-Nuri construction begins. * 1182 - Mosul besieged by forces of

Saladin Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, h ...

during rule of

Izz ad-Din Mas'ud Izz al-Din Mas'ud (I) ibn Mawdud ( died 1193) was a Zengid emir of Mosul. Biography Izz al-Din Mas'ud was the brother of emir Sayf al-Din Ghazi II, and the leader of his armies. When his brother died in 1180, he became the governor of Aleppo. ...

. * 1185 - Mosul again besieged by forces of Saladin. * 1224 - Mosul taken by forces of

Badr al-Din Lu'lu' Badr al-Din Lu'lu' () (-1259) (the name Lu'Lu' means 'The Pearl', indicative of his servile origins) was successor to the Zengid emirs of Mosul, where he governed in variety of capacities from 1234 to 1259 following the death of Nasir ad-Din Mah ...

. * 1239 - Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim (mausoleum) built near city. * 1248 - Imam Awn al-Din shrine built. Retrieved 23 June 2017 * 1258 - Mosul sacked by forces of

Hulagu Khan Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulagu; ; ; ; ( 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia. As a son of Tolui and the Keraite princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of ...

. * 1262 - July: Mosul taken by Mongol forces.

16th–19th centuries

* 1516 -

Ottomans Ottoman may refer to: * Osman I, historically known in English as "Ottoman I", founder of the Ottoman Empire * Osman II, historically known in English as "Ottoman II" * Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empir ...

in power. * 1535 - Ottoman administrative

Mosul Eyalet Mosul Eyalet (; ) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was . Although the eyalet was overwhelmingly Kurdish, the city of Mosul itself was largely inhabited by Arabs. Playfair, James (1813)A System of Geograph ...

created. * 1623 - Mosul taken by Persian forces (approximate date). * 1625 - Persians ousted; Ottomans in power again. * 1719 - Sari Mustafa becomes governor. * 1730 - Hussein Jalili appointed governor. * 1733 - Mosul besieged by forces of Nadir Khan. * 1743 -

Siege of Mosul (1743) The siege of Mosul was the siege of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq by Nader Shah's army during the Persian invasion of the Ottoman Empire in 1743. Commencement of the siege The Persian siege train had been much improved and augmented sin ...

by Persian forces. * 1745 -

Battle of Mosul (1745) The Battle of Kars (19 August 1745) was the last major engagement of the Ottoman–Persian War. The battle resulted in the complete and utter destruction of the Ottoman army. It was also the last of the great military triumphs of Nader Shah. ...

fought in vicinity of city. * 1826 - Unrest; governor Yahya al-Jalili ousted. * 1839 - Ottoman administrative

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begins per

Edict of Gülhane The Gülhane Hatt-ı Şerifi ("Supreme Edict of the Rosehouse") or Tanzimât Fermânı ("Imperial Edict of Reorganization") was a proclamation by Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I in 1839 that launched the Tanzimât period of reforms and re ...

. * 1854 - "Rebellion" against administrative reform.

20th century

* 1920 - Population: 703,378 in vilayet (province). * 1926 - Mosul becomes part of the Kingdom of Iraq per League of Nations ruling. * 1947 - Population: 133,625 in city; 595,190 in province. * 1957 - Mosul football club formed. * 1960 - '' Ash-Shabibah'' newspaper published. * 1965 - Population: 264,146. * 1967 -

University of Mosul The University of Mosul () is a public university located in Mosul. It is one of the largest educational and research centers in the Middle East, and the second largest in Iraq, behind the University of Baghdad. The University of Mosul was close ...

founded. * 1969 ** begins. ** National Insurance Company built. * 1970 - Population: 310,313 (estimate). * 1986 -

Mosul Dam Mosul Dam (), formerly known as Saddam Dam (), is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris river in the western governorate of Nineveh, upstream of the city of Mosul. The dam serves to generate hydroelectricity and provide water for ...

begins operating near city. * 1987 - Population: 664,221.

21st century

* 2003 - March–May: 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led

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;

Mosul International Airport Mosul International Airport is an airport located at Mosul, capital of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It became a civil airport in 1990 with the rebuild of the runway (from asphalt to concrete) and construction of a new terminal. After undergoing maj ...

occupied. * Other U.S. Army units to have occupied the city include the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 172nd

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Brigade, the 3rd Brigade- 2nd Infantry Division, 18th Engineer Brigade (Combat), Alpha Company 14th Engineer Battalion-555th Combat Engineer Brigade, 1st Brigade- 25th Infantry Division, the 511th Military Police Company, the 812th Military Police Company and company-size units from Reserve components, an element of the 364th Civil Affairs Brigade, and the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, which covered the areas north of the Green Line. The 67th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from January 2004 to January 2005, running split based operations in Mosul and Tikrit. The Task Force (TF) 67 Headquarters and Company B operated out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback (Mosul), and Company A operating out of FOB Speicher (Tikrit). * 2004 ** 24 June:

2004 Mosul bombings The 24 June 2004 Mosul bombings were a series of coordinated car bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where five car bombs targeted police station A police station is a facility operated by police or a similar law enforcement ...

. ** November:

Battle of Mosul (2004) The Battle of Mosul was fought during the Iraq War in 2004 for the capital of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq that occurred concurrently to Second Battle of Fallujah, fighting in Fallujah. Prelude During the occupation by the U.S. 1 ...

. * 2007 - 23 April:

April 2007 Mosul massacre The April 2007 Yazidi massacre was a massacre of Yazidis that took place on April 22, 2007, in Mosul, in northern Iraq. Massacre At around 2PM (GMT+3), a bus carrying workers from the Mosul Textile Factory en route to Bashiqa, Al-Hamdaniya Dist ...

. * 2008 -

Ninawa campaign The 2008 Nineveh campaign was a series of offensives and counter-attacks between insurgent and Coalition forces for control of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq in early-to-mid-2008. Some fighting also occurred in the neighboring Kirkuk G ...

. * 2013 - April: Anti-government protest. * 2014 ** 4–10 June: Mosul taken by forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ** June: Mass executions in ISIL occupied Mosul begin. ** 16–19 August: Battle for Mosul Dam fought near city. * 2015 - January:

Mosul offensive (2015) The Mosul offensive (2015) was an offensive launched by Kurdish Peshmerga forces on 21 January 2015, with the objective of severing key ISIL supply routes to Mosul, Iraq, and to recapture neighboring areas around Mosul. The effort was supported ...

. * 2016 - October:

Battle of Mosul (2016–17) Battle of Mosul may refer to: * Battle of Mosul (1107), a battle in which Kilij Arslan I of the Rum Seljuks conquered Mosul * Siege of Mosul (1743), an offensive in which the Persians besieged the Ottomans * Battle of Mosul (1745), a battle between ...

begins. * 2017 ** 21 June: Great Mosque of al-Nuri destroyed. ** July: Iraqi army

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city.

Images

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References

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