A suicide bomber reportedly detonated an explosives-packed car outside the offices of the Shia Waqf (Endowment), which looks after Shia religious sites.
More than 60 people were injured by the blast in the Bab al-Muadham area.
Violence has fallen in Iraq in recent years, but militants still frequently attack security forces and civilians.
The latest attack comes less than a week after a series of bombings killed 17 people in Baghdad.
Security officials say it appears to have been carried out by al-Qaeda's Iraqi wing, a Sunni organisation.
They say the explosives-rigged car was parked in a car park near the Shia Waqf building.
The front of the three-storey office reportedly collapsed from the impact of the blast, which also shattered windows in surrounding buildings and damaged cars in the area.
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