Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf
Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf is a religious center in Karkh, Baghdad Governorate. Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf is situated nearby to the quarter Al-Saydiya, as well as near Al-Rasheed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camp Al-Saqr.
Camp Al-Saqr
Military installation
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Camp Al-Saqr, referred to by some media sources as Camp Falcon, Forward Operating Base Falcon, Joint Security Station Falcon, or Combat Outpost Falcon, was a United States military forward operating base in Iraq a short distance outside Baghdad, some 13 kilometres south of the Green Zone. Camp Al-Saqr is situated 3½ km southeast of Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Saydiya and Al-Rasheed.
Al-Saydiya
Quarter
Al-Saydiya is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district of southwestern Baghdad, Iraq. Baiyaa is to the north and Dora to the east. A once middle-class district, much of Al-Saydiya was built within the last three decades on prime real estate between Baghdad Airport Road and the main highway where it forks into central Baghdad and south to Basra. Al-Saydiya is situated 3½ km northeast of Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf.
Al-Rasheed
Quarter
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Al Rasheed or Al Rashid is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is in southern Baghdad, on the western side of the Tigris River. Mansour district is to the north of the western half of the district, on the other side of the Baghdad Airport Road. Al-Rasheed is situated 4 km north of Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf.
Dora
Suburb
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Dora is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families. Dora is situated 7 km northeast of Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf.
Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf
- Type: Religious center
- Also known as: “Husayniyat Shuhada‘ Altaf” and “Shuhadā’ Alţaf Ḩusaynīyah”
- Category: religion
- Location: Karkh, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.22453° or 33° 13′ 28″ northLongitude
44.334° or 44° 20′ 2″ eastElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Open location code
8H5668FM+RJGeoNames ID
9629349
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In Other Languages
“Ḩusaynīyat Shuhadā’ Alţaf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حسينية شهداء الطف”
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