Thomas A. Carlson and Tobias Scheunchen (eds.), "al-Najaf — ܢܓܦ " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/495 al-Najaf ܢܓܦ ܢܰܓܦ النجف النَجَف A city on the Euphrates south of Baghdad. ثم رحلنا منها فنزلنا مدينة مشهد علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه بالنّجف، 32.02594 44.34625 Attestation of name النَجَف in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/495 http://syriaca.org/place/495 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najaf http://dbpedia.org/resource/Najaf http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2104369 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 198 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 539 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 507 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 554 Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī V313 Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār Ibn Baṭṭūta 188 Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr Ibn Jubayr M.J. de Goeje 210 http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2104369iDAI.gazetteer Deutsches Archäologisches Institute