Mosul: All Data
Mosul is a city in Iraq. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Mosul: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
638 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second invasion of Mesopotamia
905 AD
Capital of Hamdanid Dynasty
990 AD
Capital of Uqaylid Dynasty
1053 AD
Capital of Uqaylid dynasty (Seljuk)
1097 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Mosul (1096)
1128 AD
Capital of Zengid Dynasty (Seljuk Empire)
1158 AD
Capital of Zengid Dynasty
1375 AD
Capital of Kara Koyunlu
1609 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Eyalet of Mosul, part of Ottoman Empire
1740 AD
Mentioned in Event: Persian Invasion (1740)
1740 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Mosul (1740), part of Persian Invasion (1740)
1743 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Mosul, part of Ottoman-Persian War (1743-1746)
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Mosul, part of Ottoman Empire
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Turkish War of Independence
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Iraqi War
1947 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Iraqi War
1958 AD
Mentioned in Event: 14 July Revolution
2003 AD
Mentioned in Event: 2003 invasion of Iraq
2004 AD
Mentioned in Event: Iraq War
2004 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mosul
2014 AD
Mentioned in Event: Autonomy of Iraqi Kurdistan
2014 AD
Mentioned in Event: Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)
2017 AD
Mentioned in Event: Autonomy of Iraqi Kurdistan
2017 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mosul offensive (2016)
2026 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Nineveh Governorate, part of Republic of Iraq