Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat

Najaf
نَجَف
an-Najaf
اَلـنَّـجَـف
Masjid al-Imam ‘Ali, one of the most important sites of Najaf
Masjid al-Imam ‘Ali, one of the most important sites of Najaf
Najaf is located in Iraq
Najaf
Najaf
Location of Najaf within Iraq
Coordinates: 32°00′00″N 44°20′00″E / 32.00000°N 44.33333°E / 32.00000; 44.33333
Country Iraq
ProvinceNajaf Governorate

Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat (Arabic: العتبات العالیات[1][2] lit. sublime thresholds),[3][4] which is also known as Al-Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (literally: holy doorsteps) are the shrines of six Shia Imams which are in four cities of Iraq, namely Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra;[5][6][7] and actually the whole of these Imams' shrines (graves) are called Atabat Aliyat.[8] The mentioned cities have significance due to shrines of those six Shia Imams who have been buried there.[9]

  1. ^ Kadhimiyah hawzah.net Retrieved 3 June 2018
  2. ^ Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat yjc.ir Retrieved 3 June 2018
  3. ^ Money, Religion, and Politics: The Oudh Bequest in Najaf and Karbala', 1850-1903 Retrieved 28 October 2021
  4. ^ The Sunna and Shi'a in history, Ofra Bengio and Meir Litvak, P. 88
  5. ^ ArabKhani, Atabat Aliyat in Iran & Uthmani relationship (19th century), P. 23
  6. ^ Atabat-i Aliyat in Iran-Ottoman Relations in The Nineteenth Century (in Persian) academia.edu Retrieved 3 June 2018
  7. ^ Report image Archived 2020-10-09 at the Wayback Machine gitionline.ir Retrieved 3 June 2018
  8. ^ Atabat Aliyat tasnimnews.com Retrieved 8 June 2018
  9. ^ ArabKhani, Atabat Aliyat in Iran & Uthmani relationship (19th century), P. 23