Al-Abbas’s threshold

The Al-Abbas Shrine is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali and a Shi'ite , situated near the Imam Husayn shrine, located in , in the of .
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  • Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Shia
  • Description: mosque in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Abbas Mosque” and “Al-Abbas Shrine”
  • Address: كربلاء
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karbala.

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is a major city in central Iraq. It is the capital of . With an estimated population of 691,100 people in 2024, is the second-largest city in central Iraq, after .

Al-Abbas’s threshold

Latitude
32.61705° or 32° 37′ 1″ north
Longitude
44.03637° or 44° 2′ 11″ east
Levels
1
Height
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8H46J28P+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1386064528
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­shia
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3250647
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Al-Abbas’s threshold” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العتبة العباسية”
  • Arabic: “العتبه العباسيه”
  • Azerbaijani: “Həzrət Abbas türbəsi”
  • Bengali: “আল আব্বাস মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “mausoleu d’al-Abbàs”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu d’al-Abbàs”
  • Danish: “Al Abbas Moske”
  • Dutch: “De drempel van Al-Abbas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العتبه العباسيه”
  • French: “Le seuil d’Al-Abbas”
  • French: “Mausolée d’Abbas”
  • French: “mosquée Al Abbas”
  • Fulah: “Al-Abbas Shrine”
  • German: “Al-Abbas-Moschee”
  • German: “Al-Abbas‘ Schwelle”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Al Abbas”
  • Italian: “La soglia di Al-Abbas”
  • Japanese: “アル・アッバスの敷居”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Al-Abbas”
  • Korean: “알-아바스의 문턱”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Ал Абас”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија ел-Абас”
  • Persian: “حرم عباس بن علی”
  • Polish: “Meczet Abbasa”
  • Polish: “Meczet al-Abbasa”
  • Russian: “Мечеть аль-Аббас”
  • Russian: “Порог Аль-Аббаса”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče Al Abbasa”
  • Spanish: “El umbral de Al-Abbas”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Abbás”
  • Swedish: “Abbas helgedom”
  • Urdu: “مسجد العباس”
  • Urdu: “مسحد العباس”
  • Western Panjabi: “روضۂ غازی عباس”

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