The
city of Najaf is located 161 km south of Baghdad. It is a site of great
religious significance to Muslims being home of the sacred shrine of Imam Ali,
cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohamed.
It was
in nearby Kufa in 661 that Imam Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of the Prophet Mohamed,
was badly wounded by an assassin and, as he lay dying, instructed his followers
to strap his body to the back of a camel and, where the camel stopped, to dig
his grave. On this spot grew up the shrine city of Najaf, a place of pilgrimage
for the Shia.
Stamp
Issued
in 2012 as part of a set of four stamps picturing falcons.
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