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  • Sharaf

  • Sharaf

    Sharaf is a water supply station on the pilgrim caravan route from Iraq to Mecca (Darb Zubaydah). It is located today south of the city of Kufa in the Iraqi province of Najaf. Sharaf station, which dates back to the Abbasid era, includes many wells in addition to three water basins (pools).
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, The Hajj Pilgrimage Routes: The Darb Zubaydah (Iraq).
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Elevation: 343 m

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    Sharaf

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2022

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    Bridges and Water Structures

    Location

    Iraq

    Najaf

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    9th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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