Visiting Iraq The best time to visit Iraq is in the Spring or Winter Traveling to Iraq in the summer is not recommended because temperatures reach as high as 1184F 48 C Most Iraqi people speak little English but are exceptionally helpful to foreigners ID: 794373
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IRAQ
The historical name for the region is Mesopotamia, the land between two rivers (Tigres & Euphrates), and thought to be the cradle of civilization
Slide2Visiting Iraq
The best time to visit Iraq is in the Spring or Winter. Traveling to Iraq in the summer is not recommended because temperatures reach as high as 118.4°F (48° C).
Most Iraqi people speak little English but are exceptionally helpful to foreigners.
Iraq is full of ancient sites that have existed since the dawn of civilization
Be sure to try a wide variety of Iraqi food, including fruits, as they can be delicious.
SPECIAL NOTE: Every visitor to Iraq is tested for AIDS. The fee for the test is $50 (USD)
Slide3TRAVEL WARNING:
It is still not recommended to travel to Iraq. The threat to foreigners, in particular British and Americans, remains very high. Travelers should visit one of the following government websites for the latest risk assessment:
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Website: www.fco.gov.uk/travel
Tel: +44 (0)870 606 0290.
US Department of State
Website: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Website: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/sos/warnings-en.asp
Slide4PLACES TO VISIT IN IRAQ
Najaf
Kufa
Karbala
Moosayab
Kadhmayn
Baghdad
Madain/Salman Pak
Samarra
Balad
Hillah
Basra
Slide5Najaf
Mausoleum of 1
st
Imam Ali b. Abi Taalib: there are three graves in one
darih
Grave of Imam Ali
Grave of Prophet Adam- 1
st
prophet and man on earth
Grave of Prophet Nuh
Wadi
-us Salaam
Tomb of Prophet
Hud
Tomb of Prophet Saleh
Maqam of Imam Ja’far al-SadiqMaqam of Saheb al-Asr, Imam al-MahdiMosalla of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
3. Tomb of Hadrat Kumayl, companion of Imam Ali
Slide6Najaf
4. Tomb of Rashid Hijri, companion of Imam Ali
Masjid Hannana
This mosque is between Kufa and Najaf. The significance of this mosque is that when Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn were carrying the
janaza
of Imam Ali from Kufa to Najaf, they passed near this mosque, and as they were passing, the pillars of the mosque inclined towards Imam Ali as if paying its last respects. It is also believed that some of the skin from Imam Husayn's head (that came off when Khul Mal'un was disrespecting the head of Imam Husayn with a knife) is buried here.
Grave of Sayyid al-Khui
Grand-mujtahid to 450 million Muslims since 1970
Slide7KUFA
Masjid Kufa
Mehrab-e-Ibadat. The place where Imam Ali was martyred
Courtroom of Imam Ali
Mausoleum of Muslim ibn Aqil, cousin and ambassador of Imam Husayn to Kufa
Mausoleum of Mukhtar, the avenger of Imam Husayn who was killed by Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad for sheltering and supporting Muslim ibn Aqil
Mosalla of several prophets
2. House of Imam Ali
3. Mausoleum of Sayyida Khadijatul Sughra daughter of Imam Ali
4. Mausoleum of Prophet Yunus, near the river
5. Kooba of Ebrahim ibn Hasan al-Muthanna ibn Imam Hasan
Slide8KUFA
Masjid Sahla
Mosalla of 6
th
Imanm Ja’far l-Sadiq
Mosalla of Prophet Ibrahim
Mosalla of Prophet Idris
Mosalla of Prophet Khidr, also called Maqam al-Saleheen
Maqam of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq
7. Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar, companion of Imam Ali
8. Mosque of Zaid, near Masjid Sahla
9. Mosque of Sa’asa ibn Sauhan, companion of Imam Ali
Slide9KARBALA
Mausoleum of 3
rd
Imam al-Husayn. There are three graves in
darih:
Grave of Imam Husayn
Grave of Ali Akbar, son of Imam Husayn
Grave of Ali Asgher, son of Imam Husayn
2. Mausoleum of Hadrat Abbas b. Ali, brother and standard bearer of Imam Husayn
3.
Grave of Habib ibn Madhaher
4.
Ganj-e-Shohada
, graves of the rest of the martyrs of Karbala
5.
Qatl- ghah
6.
Grave of Ibrahim, son of 7
th
Imam Musa al-Kadhim
Slide10KARBALA
7.
Til
-
e-
Zaynabiya
8. Khaimaghah
9. Garden of 6
th
Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq
10.
Gerden of 12
th
Imam Sahib al-Asr, Al-Mahdi
11. Mausoleum of Hur , companion of Imam Hasayn of Karbala,
3 miles from Karbala
12. Mausoleum
of Aun, son of Sayyida Zaynab
Slide11moosayab
Moosayab is on the way to Kadhmayn while going from Karbala
Mausoleum of the two sons of Muslim ibn Aqil
Muhammed ibn Muslim
ibn
Ibrahim
ibn Muslim Aqil
They are also known as Tiflan-e-Muslim
Slide12kadhmayn
Mausoleum of the 7
th
and 9
th
Imams, Imam Musa al-Kadhim and Imam Muhammed al-Jaweed
2. Grave of Shaykh al-Mufid
3. Grave of Sayyid Ismail Safrudin
4. Grave of Khwaja Nasirudin Tusi
5. Grave of Sayyid Murtada
6. Grave of Sayyid Razi
Slide13Baghdad
The four representatives of the 12
th
Imam during the minor occulation (ghabat al-sughra) are buried here
Uthman b. Sayeed
Muhammed b. Uthman
Ali b. Muhammad Foor
Husayn b. Rooh
2. Tomb of Qambar the slave of Imam Ali
3. Tomb of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Kulayni, the compiler of Al-Kafi
4. Masjid Boorasa. This mosque is on the way to Baghdad from Kadhmayn
Slide14madain/salman pak
Tomb of Salman Farsi, companion of the Holy Prophets
2. Tomb of Hudhaifa al-Yamani, companion of the Holy Prophets
3. Tomb of Jabir b. Abdullah al-Ansari, companion of the Holy Prophets
4. Masjid Jum’a, near the tomb of Salman Farsi
5.
Tak-e-Kisra
, the palace of Nausherwan- part of the ancient Babylonian civilization. When the holy prophets were born in Makkah, this huge edifice is said to have developed cracks on its walls.
* Note: on 26 March 1934, King Faisal I of Iraq supervised the transfer of the remains of Hudhaifa al-Yamani and Jabir b. Abdullah al-Ansari, the two trusted companions of the Holy Prophets from their resting place in Madain which were endangered with water from the Tigres River to a new site at Salman Pak near the resting place og Salman Farsi
Slide15samarra
Mausoleum of the 10
th
and 11th Imams, Imam Ali al-Naqi and Imam Hasan al-Askari. The main
darih
has four graves
Grave of 10
th
Imam Ali al-Naqi
Grave of 11
th
Imam Hasan al-Askari
Grave of Sayyida Halima Khatoon, daughter of Imam Ali al-Naqi and sister of Imam Hasan al-Askari. Her nararation of the birth of the 12
th
Imam is reported extensively as she was a mid-wife to Sayyida Nargis Khatoon , the mother of the 12
th Imam.Grave of Sayyida Nargis Khatoon, mother of the 12th Imam Al-MahdiCellar of 12th Imam Al-Mahdi, where he was last seen. Also called Maqam Ghaybat.
3. Masjid Jamia
4. Mosque built during the time of Mutawakkil, which was at one point the largest mosque in the world.
Slide16Balad
Mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Imam Ali-Naqi
Slide17hillah
Tomb of Hazma
2. Tomb of Qasim b. Imam Musa Al-Kadhim
3. Tomb of Prophet Ayyub
4. Tomb of Prophet Daniel
5. Tomb of Prophet Dhul Kifl. Known as “Chifl”
6. Maqam Sahib al-Zamaan
Slide18basra
Masjid Ali