List of places in Iraq

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This is a list of places in Iraq. Governorates of Iraq lists the regional administrative provinces, and Districts of Iraq lists the subdivisions of those provinces.

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[edit] Modern cities and towns

Iraq Map
Iraq Map

[edit] Ancient cities and important ruins

[edit] Holy sites

[edit] Shiite

Imam Husayn Shrine
Imam Husayn Shrine

[edit] Sunni

[edit] Baha'i

A view of Baghdad in 1855
A view of Baghdad in 1855
  • Baghdad -- The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, also known as the "Most Great House" (Bayt-i-A'zam) and the "House of God," is a place of Bahá'í pilgrimage. Its significance is that it is where Bahá'u'lláh lived in from 1853 to 1863 (except for two years where he left to the mountains of Kurdistan, northeast of Baghdad, near the city of Sulaymaniyah). It is located in the Karkh quarter of Baghdad, near the western bank of the Tigris river. It is designated in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a place of pilgrimage and is considered a holy place by Bahá'ís. During the 1920s the house was confiscated by Shí'ih authorities, who were hostile to the Bahá'í Faith. The Council of the League of Nations upheld the Bahá'í's claim to the house, but it has not yet been returned to the Bahá'í community.

[edit] Other geographic features


[edit] See also

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