The Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad has recently organized a panel discussion entitled (Iraqi minarets: history, functions and architecture) that is delivered by the head of the Department of Pure Sciences, Prof. Dr. Saadi Ibrahim al-Daraji who dealt with the history of minarets in the Islamic city and their types, including the ladder minaret, the cylinder, polygon and the square minarets in the city of peace (Baghdad), which witnessed the construction of different models of minarets, the most important of which is the cylinder one that was decorated with tile decorations.
Dr. Saadi al-Daraji also talked about the oldest minarets in Iraq, the most important of which are Al-Malwiya in Samarra, Al-Hadba in Mosul and the Minaret of Anah on the western shore of Euphrates river in Al Anbar Governorate. Then he presented some examples from Baghdad, especially the minaret of the Mosque of the Caliphs, the Minaret of the Moon, the Pumice and the Marjan Mosque, referring to their various functions that we discern through sources, mentioning something about its architecture, methods of construction and implementation of its decorations, whether the decorations are made by brick, stone or tile, as well as the writings that adorn their balconies, bodies or bases.