About Najaf

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Najaf has taken several names:

Najaf, Najaf or Najaf is a high place around it that does not receive water, which is a common name used by the old and present and there are other names such as: The virgin’s cheek. Tongue Alghari, Wadi Al-Salam, Al-Joudi, Al-Tur al-Baraq and others

.. On Najaf political and civilized forces contributed to the growth of Najaf and others stopped this growth in the era of Bohemian, Ikhani and The Jaliri and Safavid era Najaf began to move towards growth, but Najaf stopped its growth in the Ottoman era and did not develop

climate

The climate of Najaf region is characterized by desert characteristics where the daily heat range is great and the humidity decreases and the great change in the amount of rain falling and the sovereignty of the western wind, and the city of Najaf like other cities is exposed to dust storms and its summer is hot dry and the winter is cold fluctuating rain

Stages of the development of Najaf

Najaf has gone through evolutionary stages:

The first from its inception in 787 AD until 1765, the year that Nabiur put his map from the city and the second stage from 1765 AD to 1924, which is the period during which Najaf took place and settled at the borders of its sixth wall and the stage The third from 1925 to 1958, which is the period during which the city crossed its run-down wall and was slowly visible and the fourth stage 1958 until 1973, which is the period of expansion of Najaf urbanly to the south, east and north phase 5 of In 1973-2003, the phase in which new neighborhoods emerged, the sixth phase, which extends from 2003 to the present, is the renaissance phase, which witnessed Najaf’s expansion and apparent expansion.

Najaf’s population now has reached a population of (one million and nearly a quarter of a million), so Najaf is one of the most important cities in Iraq and includes the population of the city.

• Stable old families.

• Immigrant families have reached a level of stability.

• And newly migrating families from the provinces of Iraq and abroad.

Najafi society is divided into categories:

• Al-Sadna and kindergarten service

• Clerics and their students

• Scientific Families

• Different dry houses

Najaf receives arrivals from different peoples, including Iranian, Pakistani, Afghan, Hindu, Turkish and other peoples for study, trade or tourism.

Economic concerns:

The economic concerns in Najaf are determined by local industries such as the manufacture of ornaments, rings, swimming, abayas and mechanical industries, and appeared in Najaf industrial areas and industrial neighborhoods and interested in the city by trade and laid the foundations of religious tourism and surrounded by najaf agricultural areas in the low najaf, al-Tahreeh, Abu Sakhir, Al-Mashhab, Kufa, Haidariya and others, These areas provide the city with its need for agricultural products.

The economic basis of Najaf depends on industrial function, as many religious cities rely on their religious function to rely on industry or trade, first of all, it is the industry that brings the city income from outside, followed by the commercial function and then the religious function.

Religious services provided by Najaf:

Najaf offers religious services locally, regionally and internationally, including the services of the agents assigned, guides and preachers, as well as visiting the disinfectant shrine, burial services and teaching services for iraqi and foreign students of the estate.

The reference in Najaf:

It consists of the supreme authority, the agents in charge scattered throughout Iraq, the financial accreditors, the scientific estate, the speeches of the Husseini pulpit, the public libraries belonging to the reference and religious schools.

The reference is a doctrinal entity that occupies a great place, Because it connects The Shiite society with close relations and obliges the individual to the islamic rules based on the fatwa of the greatest hardworker and the references they are fair to achieve reason, diligence, justice, wisdom and awareness.

Scientific estate:

The scientific estate in Najaf was linked in 1056 when Sheikh Abu Jaafar Mohammed bin al-Hassan al-Tusi emigrated to Najaf and as soon as he dissolved Najaf, it founded its scientific possession, which teaches religious sciences to Hawzian students such as religious sciences, origins, interpretation, hadith, beliefs, etc.