Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "al-Najaf — ܢܓܦ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/495 al-Najaf ܢܓܦ ܢܰܓܦ النجف النَجَف A city on the Euphrates south of Baghdad. Attestation of name النَجَف in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. http://syriaca.org/place/495 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najaf http://dbpedia.org/resource/Najaf 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 V:313