THE LOCALITIES OF AL-KHATUNIYA AND SHEIKH FATHI IN THE CITY OF MOSUL-AN APPLIED STUDY

Abstract

The idea of the research lies in addressing the importance of the localities of Sheikh Fathi and Khatuniya as the largest and most prominent shops of old Mosul and the most populous and widest area, as well as the diversity of religious, scientific, cultural, service and residential buildings whose effects are still visible to the present time. The importance of the research lies in addressing the most prominent Islamic and Christian buildings contained in the localities of Sheikh Fathi and the locality of Khatuniya, which included many mosques, mosques, shrines, schools, cemeteries, housing houses, markets, baths and cemeteries, which represent a clear model for the availability of elements of planning and prosperity of the first Islamic city during its long historical eras. The boundaries of the research included the localities of Sheikh Fathi and the locality of Al-Khatouniya, which are located contiguously and contiguously at the far north with its eastern and divine sections, where both localities represent the end of the borders of the old wall of Mosul built by the Ottomans over their long rule in the city of Mosul. The main research sources included reliance on the Salnamat, the city of Mosul ,the hospice, as well as the book of Nicolas Sioufi, the sum of the written writings on the buildings of the city of Mosul, as well as the writings of Said Al-Dewaji, including the mosques of the city of Mosul in different eras and the writings of Ibrahim Khalil Ahmed Allaf, including the history of the city of Mosul, the shops of the city of Mosul, and other academic, historical and archaeological books and studies