Wadi-us-Salaam
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Wadi-us-Salaam (Arabicوادي السلام ; Valley of Peace) is an Islamic cemetery, located in Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq. It is reputed to be the largest cemetery in the world.[1] It is estimated more than half a million corpses are interred in the cemetery each year.[2] The cemetery covers 1485.5 acres (6 km²) and contains millions of bodies.
The cemetery holds the graves of many Islamic prophets, and is located near the Shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shia Imam and fourth Sunni Caliph. Thus, nearly all Shi'as in Iraq request that they be buried in this cemetery.
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- ^ Hala Mundhir Fattah; Frank Caso (2009). A brief history of Iraq. Infobase Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 9780816057672. http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_-hrXU-mWYC&pg=PA140. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ Michael Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley (2007). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: a historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 269. ISBN 9781576079195. http://books.google.com/books?id=3SapTk5iGDkC&pg=PA269. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
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