See all Monuments in Najaf
Wadi Al-Salaam Cemetery
9, Najaf, Iraq Phone: Not AvailableAbout
Wadi Al-Salaam is an Islamic cemetery, located in Shia holy city of Najaf, Iraq. It is the largest cemetery in the world. It is estimated that before the war about 200 to 250 corpses were buried a day, but in 2010 this number had gone down to under a hundred. The cemetery holds the graves of many Muslims, and is located near the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shia Imam and fourth Caliph. Thus, nearly all Shi'as in Iraq request that they be buried in this cemetery.
