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An-Nukhailah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النخيلة) is an historic Twelver Shi'i mosque in the town of al Kifl, Iraq. The mosque is a large complex built over a former Jewish site. The mosque is a large complex built over a former Jewish site.
Al Kifl (Arabic: الكفل; also known as Kifl) is a town in southeastern Iraq on the Euphrates River, between Najaf and Al Hillah. The population in and near the town is about 15,000. Kifl is the location of Al-Nukhailah Mosque, containing the tomb of Dhu al-Kifl who is believed to be the biblical prophet Ezekiel.
Reportedly in the Al-Nukhailah Mosque, Al-Kifl, Iraq: Exact location unknown. According to Jewish tradition, Baruch's tomb is located about 1-mile (1.6 km) away from Ezekiel's Tomb near a town called "Mashhad Ali" which there is no record of ever existing. However, there is a tomb within the Al-Nukhailah Mosque in Al-Kifl dedicated to Baruch.
Some Hebrew-language Jewish inscriptions from the tomb chamber were removed and replaced with Quranic verses. The large new Al-Nukhailah Mosque currently encompasses the tomb structure, [12] with Muslims believing the tomb to be that of the unknown Islamic prophet Dhul-Kifl, who is often identified with Ezekiel. [3]
Al-Nukhailah Mosque: Al Kifl: 1309 Sh Contains Dhu'l Kifl Shrine, which houses the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel. Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque: Sinjar: 1239 Sh Contains a shrine dedicated to a daughter of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. Great Mosque of al-Nuri: Mosul: 1172-1173 Su The minaret was destroyed in 2017 during the Battle of Mosul. Mosque of ...
Al-Hannanah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْحَنَّانَة , romanized: Masjid al-Ḥannānah) is a Shi'ite mosque in Najaf, Iraq.This mosque is also called Masjid ar-Raʾs (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلرَّأْس), meaning "Mosque of the Head" (of Husayn ibn Ali), because Husain's head was kept in its middle, while being taken to his opponent Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, according to a ...
Monument said to be the Tomb of Daniel King Seleucus I Nicator [ 5 ] built a strong rampart with 72 towers around the 72 streets and the two entries to the citadel. A jewel of the citadel is the so-called "Red Church", with traces of mosaics dating to the period before the Islamic conquest of Iraq in the 7th century.
The first main mosque of Kufa was built with the city's foundation in 638. [2] [3] The original mosque had a square layout and many entrances, and was built alongside a governor's palace (Dar al-Imāra). [4] It featured a roofed colonnade and re-used columns from the nearby former Lakhmid capital of al-Hira [5] and from former churches. [4]