Najaf (irq)

Najaf

Najaf ranks 2,361st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yorkshire, Manhasset, New York, and Helsingør. Memorable people born in Najaf include Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Muqtada al-Sadr, and Ali Larijani. Memorable people who died in Najaf include Shaykh Tusi. Najaf has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many religious figures. Najaf is located in Iraq.

Najaf or An-Najaf or Al-Najaf or An-Najaf al-Ashraf, is a city in central Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate. It is widely considered amongst the holiest cities of Shia Islam and one of its spiritual capitals, as well as the center of Shia political power in Iraq. It is reputedly the burial place of Muhammad's son in law and cousin, ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib. It is also the location of the largest cemetery in the world, Wadi-us-Salaam, of one of the most important seminaries in the Shi'i Islamic world, and a major pilgrimage destination for Shia Muslims. Read more on Wikipedia