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al-Nad̲j̲af
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or mas̲h̲had ʿalī , a town and place of pilgrimage in ʿIrāḳ 10 km 6 miles west of al-Kūfa. It lies on the edge of the desert on a flat barren eminence from which the name al-Nad̲j̲af has been transferred to it (A. Musil, The Middle Euphrates , 35), at an altitude of 37 m/120 feet in lat. 31° 59′ N. and long. 44° 20′ E.

According to the usual tradition, the Imām al-Muʾminīn ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib [q.v.] was buried near al-Kūfa, not far from the dam which protected the city from flooding by the Euphrates at the place where the town of al-Nad̲j̲af later arose (Yāḳūt, Muʿd̲j̲am , iv, 760), also called Nad̲j̲a…

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Honigmann, E. and Bosworth, C.E., “al-Nad̲j̲af”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5716>
First published online: 2012
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007



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