Rafidain العربية
Al-Kifl 4
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Al-Kifl

الكفل

Across the agesBabilReligious site

A town on the Euphrates between Hilla and Najaf, with a shrine attributed to the Prophet Dhul-Kifl, visited by Muslims and historically by Jews as the tomb of Ezekiel.

Beside it rises a 14th-century Ilkhanid minaret. The photo dates from the 1930s.

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