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This is a list of places in Iraq. Governorates of Iraq lists the
regional administrative provinces, and Districts of Iraq lists the
subdivisions of those provinces.
Karbala
is reputed to be the city where Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed,
was martyred (his body but not head is buried there, and is known
as Mashhad Husayn). Karbala is also the site of two important
Shiite mosques, Al Abbass Mosque
and Imam Hussain Mosque. Shiites observe a 40
day mourning period for this IMAM every spring followed by a
pilgrimage to this site. [1]
Najaf is
the site of Ali ibn Abi Talib's tomb known to Shiites
as "the wondrous place of martyrdom" and site of one of the world's
largest and most important Muslim cemeteries. Najaf is also the
site of Imam Ali
Mosque one of the holiest Shi'ite mosques.
Baghdad
– The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, is a place of Bahá'í pilgrimage. Its significance
is that it is where Bahá'u'lláh lived in from 1853 to 1863
(except for two years). It is designated in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
as a place of pilgrimage and is considered a holy place by Bahá'ís.[1]
During the 1920s the house was confiscated by Shiah authorities, who were
hostile to the Bahá'í Faith. The Council of the League of
Nations upheld the Bahá'í's claim to the house, but it has not
yet been returned to the Bahá'í community.[1][2]
^ abSmith, Peter (2000). "Baghdad: the
House of Bahá'u'lláh". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í
Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 66–67. ISBN
1-85168-184-1.
^Toynbee, Arnold J. (1935). Survey
of International Affairs 1934. London: Oxford University
Press. pp. 120–122.
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