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Region: Levant & Iraq
Identifiers: GeoNames
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Overview

Najaf is a city in Iraq, where the shrine of Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) is. Ibn Battuta mentioned it on his way to Iraq. ¹ The coordinates recorded for it come from GeoNames, for a modern town of the same name ². Matching it to the ancient site needs an additional source.

Sources

Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
GeoNames gazetteer

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islam.museum contributors. “Najaf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/najaf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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