It holds the tomb of Sheikh Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi (d. 1234), a leading Baghdad Sufi and founder of the Suhrawardiyya order.
It is crowned by a conical brick muqarnas dome like that of Zumurrud Khatun, within an old cemetery.
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Shrine of Sheikh Umar al-Suhrawardi
مرقد الشيخ عمر السهروردي
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