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There are however six other traditional sites including Kirkuk in Iraq and Samarkand in Uzbekistan: At the site in Kirkuk, the locals claim that Hananiah, Mishael, and Azaria are buried alongside Daniel. Ezra: Ezra's Tomb, Al-'Uzayr, near Basra, Iraq: Preserved by Jewish caretakers until the middle of the 20th century.
Ezra's Tomb or the Tomb of Ezra (Arabic: العزير, romanized: Al-ʻUzair, Al-ʻUzayr, Al-Azair) is a Shi'ite Muslim and Jewish shrine, located in Al-ʻUzair in the Qal'at Saleh district, in the Maysan Governorate of Iraq, on the western shore of the Tigris river, that is popularly believed to be the burial place of the biblical figure Ezra.
According to a study, Jewish sites in Iraq include, over 250 synagogues, 48 Jewish schools, nine sanctuaries and five cemeteries. [1] Most of them were abandoned and left in ruins between 1941 and 1951 when Jews were persecuted. [2] [3] These sites were well protected during the regime of Saddam Hussein. [4]
The cemetery is located near the shrine of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Sunni Caliph, as well as the first Shia Imam. [5] Thus, many Shi'ites in Iraq request that they be buried in this cemetery. [5] As a result of improved transportation methods, Shi'ites from across the globe are (or seek to be) buried in the cemetery.
The passage claimed that Abraham was born in the Babylonian city Camarina, which it notes was also called "Uria". (Such indirect quotations of Eupolemus via Polyhistor are referred to as Pseudo-Eupolemus.) This site is identified by modern scholars with the Sumerian city of Ur located at Tell el-Mukayyar, which in ancient texts was named Uriwa ...
The old Jewish cemetery was located in the center of Baghdad in the current location of the Al-Nahda Garage and after the expansion of the capital, this cemetery became a barrier to urban development, so the authorities took a decision in 1975 to move the cemetery outside the city where Miah Daniel donated a large plot of land with a total area of five dunams to be a cemetery for the Mosaic ...
As the burial site of one of Shi'a Islam's most important figure, [29] the Imam Ali Mosque is considered by Shiites as the third holiest Islamic site. [38] The Imam ‘Ali Mosque is housed in a grand structure with a gold gilded dome and many precious objects in the walls. Nearby is the Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery, the largest in the world. [39]
According to the Abrahamic religions, the cave and adjoining field were purchased by Abraham as a burial plot, although most historians believe the Abraham-Isaac-Jacob narrative to be primarily mythological. [2] [3] The site is considered a holy place in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [4] [5] [6]