The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mosul, Iraq.

Prior to 16th century

16th–19th centuries

  • 1516 - Ottomans in power.[6]
  • 1535 - Ottoman administrative Mosul Eyalet created.
  • 1623 - Mosul taken by Persian forces (approximate date).[7]
  • 1625 - Persians ousted; Ottomans in power again.[7]
  • 1719 - Sari Mustafa becomes governor.[8]
  • 1730 - Hussein Jalili appointed governor.
  • 1733 - Mosul besieged by forces of Nadir Khan.[7]
  • 1743 - Siege of Mosul (1743) by Persian forces.[7]
  • 1745 - Battle of Mosul (1745) fought in vicinity of city.
  • 1826 - Unrest; governor Yahya al-Jalili ousted.[7]
  • 1839 - Ottoman administrative reform begins per Edict of Gülhane.[6]
  • 1854 - "Rebellion" against administrative reform.[6]

20th century

  • 1920 - Population: 703,378 in vilayet (province).[9]
  • 1926 - Mosul becomes part of the Kingdom of Iraq per League of Nations ruling.
  • 1947 - Population: 133,625 in city; 595,190 in province.[10]
  • 1957 - Mosul football club formed.
  • 1960 - Ash-Shabibah newspaper published.
  • 1965 - Population: 264,146.[11]
  • 1967 - University of Mosul founded.
  • 1969
    • Mosul Spring Festival begins.
    • National Insurance Company built.[3]
  • 1970 - Population: 310,313 (estimate).[12]
  • 1986 - Mosul Dam begins operating near city.
  • 1987 - Population: 664,221.[13]

21st century

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bosworth 2007.
  2. ↑ Griffin 1996.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mosul". ArchNet. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Saeed Al-Dewachi. "Mosul". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 23 June 2017
  5. ↑ Dougherty 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Shields 2000.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Agoston 2009.
  8. ↑ Khoury 1997.
  9. ↑ "Mesopotamia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
  10. ↑ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  11. ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2001. United Nations Statistics Division.
  14. ↑ Iraq police and gunmen die in Mosul clashes, BBC News, 25 April 2013
  15. 1 2 "Iraq Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Mosul's landmark Great Mosque of al-Nuri to be rebuilt", BBC News, 24 April 2018

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

Published in 20th century

Published in 21st century

  • Peter Sluglett (2002), "Mosul", in David Levinson and Karen Christensen (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, ISBN 0684806177
  • Reeva S. Simon (2004), "Mosul", in Philip Mattar (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, NY: Macmillan Reference USA, ISBN 0028657691
  • C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Mosul". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 412+. ISBN 978-9004153882.
  • Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008). "Mosul". Cities of the Middle East and North Africa. Santa Barbara, US: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1576079195.
  • Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters, eds. (2009). "Mosul". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. pp. 394–395. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
  • "Mosul". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
  • Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (2013). "Mawsil". Historical Dictionary of Iraq (2nd ed.). Maryland, US: Scarecrow Press. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
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