Mosul (irq)

Mosul

Mosul ranks 1,075th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ashgabat, Gori, Georgia, and Cartagena, Colombia. Memorable people born in Mosul include Nur ad-Din, Ziryab, and Kerbogha. Memorable people who died in Mosul include Muhammad bin Qasim, Ali ibn al-Athir, and Abu Tammam. Mosul has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Mosul is located in Iraq.

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 ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh—once the largest city in the world—on its east side. Read more on Wikipedia