Mount Alfaf | |
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Mount Maqlub, Ṭūrāʾ Alfaf | |
![]() View of the mountain from the road between Kalek and Bardarash | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
Coordinates | 36°29′30″N 43°26′29″E / 36.49167°N 43.44139°E |
Geography | |
Mount Alfaf (Syriac: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܐܠܦܦ, ṭūrāʾ Alfaf), also known as Mount Maqlub (جبل مقلوب in Arabic), is a mountain in the Nineveh Plains region in northern Iraq. The mountain lies 30 km to the northeast of Mosul and some 15 km from Bartella. The largest town on the mountain is Merki, which is inhabited by Assyrians of the Syriac Orthodox Church.[1]
The mountain is famous for the Mar Mattai Monastery which lies close to its southern summit. There exist a number of hermitages that date back to the 4th and 5th century AD, the most important of which are:[1]
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