Najaf

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city holy city

Najaf is a major Iraqi city revered as a holy center of Shia Islam and home to the Imam Ali Shrine.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → holy city →
capitalOf	Najaf Governorate →
cemeterySignificance	one of the largest cemeteries in the world →
climate	arid climate →
contains	Imam Ali Shrine →
country	Iraq →
distanceFrom	about 160 km south of Baghdad →
governingBody	Najaf Governorate administration →
hasCemetery	Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery →
hasEconomicActivity	religious tourism → trade →
hasEducationalInstitution	Hawza of Najaf → Islamic seminaries → University of Kufa →
hasHeritageSite	Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery →
hasLandmark	Imam Ali Shrine → Old City of Najaf → Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery →
hasNearbyCity	Kufa →
hasPilgrimageEvent	Arbaeen (visitation route) →
hasPlaceOfWorship	Imam Ali Shrine →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	predominantly Shia Muslim →
hasReligiousInstitutionType	hawza (Shia seminary network) →
hasRole	center of Shia religious scholarship → major pilgrimage destination →
hasShrineOf	Ali ibn Abi Talib →
hasTitle	Najaf al-Ashraf →
historicalSignificance	longstanding center of Shia learning →
languageUsed	Arabic →
locatedIn	Iraq →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Najaf Governorate →
locatedInRegion	southern Iraq →
locatedNear	Euphrates River →
locatedSouthOf	Baghdad →
majorBranchOfIslam	Shia Islam →
majorReligion	Islam →
namedAfter	Ali ibn Abi Talib →
partOf	Arab world → Middle East →
religiousStatus	one of the holiest cities in Shia Islam →
religiousTradition	Shia Islam →
reveredAs	holy center of Shia Islam →
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time →
transportInfrastructure	Najaf International Airport →
urbanAreaType	metropolitan area with Kufa →
utcOffset	+3 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al Anbar Governorate ("Najaf Governorate") →	bordersGovernorate
Southern Iraq ("Najaf Governorate") →	contains
marja'iyya →	geographicCenters
Islamic world →	hasCulturalCenter
Najaf ("Old City of Najaf") →	hasLandmark
Southern Iraq →	hasMajorCity
Kufa ("Al-Najaf Governorate") →	locatedIn
Imam Ali Shrine →	locatedInCity
Imam Ali Shrine ("Najaf Governorate") →	locatedInGovernorate
Kufa →	locatedNear
Iraq revolt of 1920 →	location
Kufa →	nearbyCity
Imam Ali Shrine ("Hawza of Najaf") →	nearInstitution
Mesopotamian Arabic →	spokenInCity
Grand Ayatollah →	typicalLocation