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Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat (Arabic: العتبات العالیات [1] [2] lit. sublime thresholds), [3] [4] which is also known as Al-Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (literally: holy doorsteps) are the shrines of six Shia Imams which are in four cities of Iraq, namely Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra; [5] [6] [7] and actually the whole of these Imams' shrines (graves) are called Atabat Aliyat. [8]
Nabi Bulus, Beit Shemesh — the shrine of Paul the Apostle in the Muslim tradition (unlike the Christian one which is in Rome). The shrine is abandoned. The shrine is abandoned. Maqam Shihab al-Din, Nazareth — a small shrine and mosque on rooftop and the burial place of Shihab al-Din, Saladin's nephew who died at the Battle of Hattin near ...
Shrine(s) 2 The Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani , also known as Al-Ḥaḍrat Al-Qādiriyyah ( Arabic : ٱلْحَضْرَة ٱلْقَادِرِيَّة ) or Mazār Ghous ( Persian : مزار غوث ), is an Islamic religious complex dedicated to Abdul Qadir Gilani , the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order , located in Baghdad , Iraq .
Pages in category "Shrines in Iraq" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Al-Abbas Shrine;
Imam Ali's shrine is among the last of the Shi'ite shrines in Iraq to retains its nearly full set of original antique tiles. [13] Around the shrine on its North, East, and Southern sides is a large courtyard surrounded by pointed arch arcades, while the shrine is linked on the West to the Al-Ra's Mosque. The courtyard arcades are two floors in ...
The Haydar-Khana Mosque (Arabic: جامع الحيدرخانة) is a historic mosque located near al-Mutanabbi Street [1] in Baghdad, Iraq, built by al-Nasir during the Abbasid Caliphate. The mosque is situated on al-Rashid Street and is located in the Haydar-Khana locality surrounded by buildings, shrines, and cafés.
Most notoriously, the militant Islamic State group demolished numerous ancient sites in northern Iraq, including Islamic shrines, raising outrage among Iraqis and abroad.
Attached to the mosque is the shrine of Jonah, known in Islam as the Prophet Yunus. [7] [8] Shi'ite narrations state that Jonah's body lay here during his death, and stayed here until it was carried over to Mosul, where the Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque once stood before its demolition in 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Also, there is ...