Qushla

The Qushla or The Qishleh (Arabic: القشلة) is an Ottoman site in Baghdad, Iraq.

The Qushla lays at al-Rusafa side of the Iraqi capital.

The Ottoman Wali (governor) Mehmed Namık Pasha started the building in 1881.

[1] The location of site was chosen in the center of the old central region of Baghdad on the side of al-Rusafa, an area significant for being the foundation of numerous palaces and sites that date back to the Abbasid Caliphate.

It included military barracks for the Ottoman army who was responsible for protecting and providing security for Baghdad at the time.