Valley of Peace

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Valley of Peace is the English meaning of "Wadi-us-Salaam," the vast Islamic cemetery in Najaf, Iraq, regarded as one of the largest and most significant burial grounds in the world.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Valley of Peace canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic cemetery ⓘ
burial ground ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWithBranchOfIslam Shia Islam ⓘ
associatedWithCity holy city of Najaf ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Imam Ali ⓘ
linked to: Amir al-Mu’minin
country Iraq ⓘ
environment arid landscape ⓘ
hasBurialTradition long-distance funerary processions to Najaf ⓘ
transport of bodies from other regions for burial ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important site in Shia funerary traditions ⓘ
symbol of spiritual proximity to Imam Ali for the buried ⓘ
hasFunctionInShiaBelief place associated with intercession of Imam Ali ⓘ
place where burial is believed to confer spiritual merit ⓘ
hasGraveOrientation graves generally oriented toward qibla ⓘ
hasNameInArabic Wadi-us-Salaam ⓘ
وادي السلام ⓘ
hasTypeOfBurials family tombs ⓘ
individual graves ⓘ
mausoleums ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedInCity Najaf ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Najaf Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear Shrine of Imam Ali ⓘ
linked to: Imam Ali Shrine
locatedOn outskirts of Najaf ⓘ
meaningOfArabicName Valley of Peace ⓘ
nearbyReligiousSite Imam Ali Shrine ⓘ
notableFor burial place of many Shia scholars and clerics ⓘ
burial place of ordinary believers from across the Shia world ⓘ
continuous use as a cemetery for centuries ⓘ
vast area covered with graves and tombs ⓘ
partOf religious landscape of Najaf ⓘ
qiblaDirection toward Mecca ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
significance major pilgrimage burial site for Shia Muslims ⓘ
one of the largest cemeteries in the world ⓘ
one of the most important Shia Muslim burial grounds ⓘ
translationOf Wadi-us-Salaam ⓘ
usedFor burial of Muslims ⓘ
mourning rituals ⓘ
religious visitation ⓘ
visitedBy pilgrims ⓘ
relatives of the deceased ⓘ
religious students ⓘ
tourists ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery → nameMeaning → Valley of Peace ⓘ
Valley of Peace → meaningOfArabicName → Valley of Peace ⓘ