The mosque in Erbil Castle which one of the oldest castles in the world, located in Iraqi Kurdistan Region, carries the scent and color in the face of centuries. Various civilizations have been seen during the history of the mosque in the castle, a lot of scholars have raised from the mosque and went to different settlement for spiritual and ethic guides.

Situated in the city center the castle is said to be based on 6,000 years B.C. in the history. The general area of the castle consists of three places with 110 thousand square meters. It was learned that 826 houses were in the castle and until 2006 it was said that many houses were actively used.

In providing information about the Castle Mosque in Tekkiye Neighborhood in Erbil Castle, Castle Mosque Imam Mullah Mohammad said that the mosque was the only mosque in this region who has Friday prayer until the 1940s.

"The mosque has become the authority to resolve disputes between the people"

Mullah Muhammad, who said that the mosque has many functions, was founded in the 22nd year of Hegira, "One of the functions of this mosque has been to overcome the disagreements among the people. The villagers were taking students those graduated from the mosque as imams to their villages. People were coming from a long distance to be educated here. In addition, there were many services to the public because this was only one mosque here. The mosque still serves; prayer is made, khutbah is given." (M. Sait Çelik, M. Salih Keskin - ILKHA)