Najaf (English spelling)

Japanese: ナジャフ - なじゃふ(英語表記)Najaf
Najaf (English spelling)

A religious city in central Iraq. The capital of Najaf Province. Officially called An-Najaf. Also called Al-Najaf and Meshed Ali. Located about 150 km south of Baghdad, near the middle Euphrates River. Population 309,010 (1987 census), 585,600 (2003 estimate). The city's origins date back to the 8th century, when the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid enshrined the tomb of Ali, the first Imam of Shiite Islam. Along with Karbala, where the tomb of Ali's son Hussein is located, it is the most sacred pilgrimage site for Shiite Islam.

[Ryuichi Hara]

[References] | Ali | Imam | Karbala | Harun al-Rashid

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イラク中央部の宗教都市。ナジャフ州の州都。正式にはアン・ナジャフAn-Najafという。アル・ナジャフ、メシェッド・アリMeshed Aliともいう。バグダードの南約150キロメートル、ユーフラテス川中流沿岸近くに位置する。人口30万9010(1987センサス)、58万5600(2003推計)。8世紀にアッバース朝カリフのハールーン・アッラシードがイスラム教シーア派初代イマームのアリーの墓廟(ぼびょう)を祭ったのが町の起源である。アリーの息子フセインの墓のあるカルバラーとともに、シーア派のもっとも神聖な巡礼地である。

[原 隆一]

[参照項目] | アリー | イマーム | カルバラー | ハールーン・アッラシード

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