Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Erbil, Iraq

Khanqah Khalidiya Mosque and Hospice is one of the ancient mosques of Iraq and is considered one of the ancient mosques in Erbil Governorate, and it is located in the heart of the city and opposite it is a square and a commercial center, and the area of the mosque is 1218 m 2, and it was founded and built by Sheikh Mulla Hidayat Allah Al-Arbili under the guidance and guidance of Sheikh Khalid Al-Naqshbandi in 1220 AH / 1805 AD, and what is meant by the word Khanqah is the buildings that were erected to house Sufis who are vacated for worship, and in the era of the Ottoman Empire these buildings were called Tekke (Takaya) and therefore the mosque was called the Khalidiya Tekke, because it was built When Sheikh Khalid al-Naqshbandi came to the center of Sulaymaniyah, who is known to be a descendant of the Rashidun Caliph Othman bin Affan, the Sheikh was a well-known Sufi sheikh who died in Baghdad and was buried in Hadrat al-Qadiriya.

Wikipedia: جامع وتكية خانقاه الخالدية (AR)

The Erbil Citadel, locally called Qelat is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The citadel has been included in the World Heritage List since 21 June 2014.

Wikipedia: Citadel of Erbil (EN), Website, Heritage Website

Erbil, also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is in the Erbil Governorate.

Wikipedia: Erbil (EN)

The Kurdistan Music Archive is a one-room exhibition-like archive that occupies one of the renovated traditional buildings at the Citadel of Erbil. The current director is Amjad Assad. Assad, almost working alone with no external help, has been digitizing, for several years, thousands of cassette tapes and 78 rpm phonographs of Kurdish music and songs spanning about 100 years. Originally, the archive was established in 1952 by his grandfather at the old bazaar of Hawler's downtown. The entire archive was relocated to its current location at the citadel in 2017. The objective behind creating this archive is to preserve the Kurdish heritage of songs and its folklore.

Wikipedia: Kurdistan Music Archive (EN)

Erbil Stones and Gems Museum is a small museum located within the Citadel of Erbil, at the heart of the city of Erbil (Hawler), the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Wikipedia: Erbil Stones and Gems Museum (EN)

The Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum is a museum devoted to textiles produced in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2004 and is located in a renovated mansion in the southeast quarter of the Citadel of Arbil.

Wikipedia: Kurdish Textile Museum (EN), Website