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 Ali ibn al-Athir, Muhammad bin Qasim, and Abu Tammam. Mosul has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and historians. Mosul is located in Iraq.

Mosul is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second-largest city in Iraq in terms of population and area after the capital Baghdad. Mosul is approximately 400 km (250 mi) north of Baghdad on the Tigris river. The Mosul metropolitan area has grown from the old city on the western side to encompass substantial areas on both the "Left Bank" and the "Right Bank", as locals call the two riverbanks. Mosul 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