Iraq
Najaf Governorate
Najaf District

Imam Ali Shrine

The Imam Ali Shrine, also known as the Mosque of Ali, is a Shi'ite and shrine, located in , in the of . The site is a mausoleum which Shia and Sunni Muslims believe contains the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, a cousin, son-in-law and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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  • Type: Religious organization
  • Denomination: Shia
  • Description: Holy shrine in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Imam Ali Mosque”, “Masjid Ali”, and “Mosque of ‘Alī”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wadi-us-Salaam and Alnajaf Stadium.

Cemetery
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is an Islamic , located in the holy city of , . It is the largest cemetery in the world. The cemetery covers 1,485.5 acres and contains more than 6 million bodies. is situated 3 km north of Imam Ali Shrine.

Stadium
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An-Najaf Stadium is a multi-use located in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al-Najaf SC. Opened in 1970, the stadium holds 12,000 people. is situated 2½ km northeast of Imam Ali Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Najaf.

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is the capital city of the eponymous in central , about 160 km south of . Its estimated population in 2024 was about 1.41 million people.

Imam Ali Shrine

Latitude
31.99595° or 31° 59′ 45″ north
Longitude
44.31268° or 44° 18′ 46″ east
Open location code
8H36X8W7+93
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1058116541
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­shia
Wiki­data ID
Q838359
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Imam Ali Shrine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الروضه الحيدريه”
  • Arabic: “العتبة العلوية المقدسة”
  • Arabic: “العتبة العلوية”
  • Arabic: “حرم الإمام علي”
  • Arabic: “حضرة علي”
  • Arabic: “روضة حيدرية”
  • Arabic: “ضريح الإمام علي”
  • Arabic: “ضريح علي بن أبي طالب”
  • Arabic: “قبر الإمام علي”
  • Arabic: “مرقد الإمام علي”
  • Arabic: “مسجد الإمام علي بالنجف”
  • Arabic: “مشهد علي”
  • Azerbaijani: “İmam Əli məscidi”
  • Azerbaijani: “İmam Əli türbəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Имам Али мәсете”
  • Basque: “Imam Aliren meskita”
  • Belarusian: “мячэт імама Алі”
  • Belarusian: “Мячэць Імама Алі”
  • Bengali: “ইমাম আলী মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita de l’imam Alí”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita de l’Imam Alí”
  • Chechen: “Имам Ӏелин маьждиг”
  • Chinese: “伊玛目阿里圣陵”
  • Chinese: “伊玛目阿里清真寺”
  • Chinese: “伊瑪目阿里清真寺”
  • Czech: “Alího mešita”
  • Danish: “Imam Ali-moskeen”
  • Danish: “Meshed Ali”
  • Dutch: “Imam Alimoskee”
  • Dutch: “Meshed Ali”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح الامام على”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de la imamo Ali”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo Imamo Ali”
  • French: “Mausolée d’Ali”
  • French: “Mausolée de l’imam Ali”
  • French: “mosquée de l’imam Ali”
  • Fulah: “Imam Ali Mosque”
  • Georgian: “იმამ ალის მეჩეთი”
  • German: “Imam-Ali-Moschee”
  • Hausa: “Imam Ali Mosque”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אימאם עלי”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד האימאם עלי”
  • Hindi: “इमाम अली मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Makam Imam Ali”
  • Italian: “moschea dell’Imam ‘Ali”
  • Italian: “Moschea dell’Imam ’Ali”
  • Italian: “Moschea dell’Imām ʿAlī”
  • Japanese: “アリー廟”
  • Japanese: “イマーム・アリー・モスク”
  • Kashmiri: “اِمام علی مَسجِد”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Imam Ali”
  • Latin: “Meschita Imami Alis”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Имам Али”
  • Maithili: “इमाम अली मस्जिद”
  • Malay: “Masjid Imam Ali”
  • Marathi: “इमाम अली मशीद”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Imam Ali-moskéen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iman Ali moskéen”
  • Norwegian: “Imam Ali-moskeen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mosqueta de l’imam Ali”
  • Persian: “حرم امام علی”
  • Persian: “حرم امیرالمؤمنین”
  • Persian: “حرم امیرالمومنین”
  • Persian: “حرم علی بن ابوطالب”
  • Persian: “حرم علی بن ابی طالب”
  • Persian: “حرم علی بن ابی‌طالب”
  • Persian: “حرم علی”
  • Polish: “Meczet Imama Alego”
  • Pushto: “امام علي آرام ځاي”
  • Pushto: “د امام علي جومات”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea imamului Ali”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Imamului Ali”
  • Russian: “Мечеть имама Али”
  • Serbian: “Џамија имама Алија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džamija imama Alija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Imam Alijeva džamija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “علی بن ابی‌طالب توربه‌سی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “علی بن ابی‌طالب حرمی”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del Iman Ali”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del Imán Alí”
  • Swedish: “Imam Alis helgedom”
  • Swiss German: “Imam-Ali-Moschee”
  • Tajik: “Масҷиди Имом Алӣ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Imam-Ali-Moschee”
  • Turkish: “İmam Ali Cami”
  • Turkish: “İmam Ali Camii”
  • Turkish: “İmam Ali Türbesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть імама Алі”
  • Urdu: “امام علی مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Imom Ali harami”
  • Western Mari: “Имам Али мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “حرم امام علی”

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