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The topic "Mosuli Woman and her Social Role in Mosul Since 1834 to1918"is one of plenty topics that have not received much attention from researchers and specialists. This study sheds light on the Mosuli woman and her social role in all aspects of life in education, Auqaf (endowment) and sanitary during the study period. Moreover, because of ignorance and wrong beliefs that had widespread at that time, some women fell back on religious vows because they believed that this vows might help them to keep their children alive. Women also believed in magic in order to get her daughters married or to find a good job for her husband or son. Women also endeavored, by using magic, to break up others families, by divorcing a woman from her husband and vice versa. The abstract includes an introduction and a review of the research axes.