Ezekiel's Tomb

Ezekiel's Tomb
קבר יחזקאל הנביא‎ (Hebrew)
قبر حزقيال‎ (Arabic)
Ezekiel's Tomb; קבר יחזקאל הנביא‎ (Hebrew); قبر حزقيال‎ (Arabic)
	Conical dome of Ezekiel's Tomb
Type	Mausoleum
Location	Al Kifl, Iraq
Coordinates	32°13′36″N 44°22′02″E / 32.22676°N 44.36716°E
Area	54.06 m2 (581.9 sq ft)
Height	17 m (56 ft)
Built	12th–14th century (current form)
Built for	Ezekiel
Restored	2012–2014
Restored by	Imen-Sazeh Fadak Co.
Current use	Al-Nukhailah Mosque
Architectural style(s)	Muqarnas
Governing body	Special Secretariat for the Shrine of the Prophet Dhel-Kifl and Annukhailiah Historical Mosque
Website	alnukhailah.iq
	Location within Iraq

Ezekiel's Tomb (Hebrew: קבר יחזקאל הנביא; Arabic: قبر حزقيال) is revered by Jews as the resting place of Ezekiel, an Israelite prophet who was deported from the Kingdom of Judah during the Babylonian captivity and serves as the eponymous protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. Historically the oldest and most important Jewish site in Mesopotamia,^[1] it is now the location of the Al-Nukhailah Mosque, which was built on top of the original site and holds separate significance for Shia Muslims.^[2] The Jewish presence at Ezekiel's Tomb has greatly diminished since the Jewish exodus from Iraq in the 1950s, shortly after the beginning of the Arab–Israeli conflict. The larger complex has been extensively redeveloped since the 2003 invasion of Iraq; it is widely regarded by Muslims to be the resting place of Dhul-Kifl, an unknown Islamic prophet who is often identified with Ezekiel, and work was reportedly underway to convert the site's disused synagogue into a mosque.

^ Joseph Shatzmiller (1998). "Jews, Pilgrimage, and the Christian Cult of Saints: Benjamin of Tudela and His Contemporaries". In Walter A. Goffart (ed.). After Rome's Fall: Narrators and Sources of Early Medieval History: Essays Presented to Walter Goffart. University of Toronto Press. p. 345. ISBN 978-0802007797. Among the dozens of shrines shown to our travellers, one was outstanding in its privileged status – the shrine of the prophet Ezekiel. […] Although our reporters knew about other important shrines, it would seems that Ezekiel's was the principle one.
^ Honoring Jewish Refugees From Arab Lands: A Letter From a Forgotten Jew. Retrieved 11 January 2018.