It contains the purported tomb of Salman al-Farsi, a Sahaba, and this the mosque is named after him.

[3] The mosque was established in 1950 over a pre-existing mausoleum dedicated to Salman al-Farsi which was already in existence before the 1920s.

[6] The ceremony of the placement of the zarih was also attended by Iraj Masjedi, the Iranian ambassador to Iraq, as well as several other Shi'ite clerics.

[2] However, the mosque also holds Qur'anic memorization courses as well as classes to study the Shari'ah law.

[2] On February 24, 2006, during the year the Al-Askari Shrine was bombed, two rockets were fired by rebels, which landed in the area of the mosque.