Iraq · Shrine of Imam Ali
Najaf
10 Jumada al-Ula 1448 · Thursday 22 October
Photo: ابو حيدر ٨٣, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Usually 36° by day, 21° at night in October
Ziyarat for Najaf
Najaf on a map
In and around the shrine
- Shrine of Imam Ali
- Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery
and 13 more places · elsewhere in Najaf · a day out
Money in Iraq$1 = up to 1,700
Baghdad: $1 = 1,688–1,700 IQD · 22 Oct
Najaf: $1 = 1,688–1,700 IQD · 22 Oct
Official rate: $1 = 1,517 IQD · 22 Oct
The market gives about 12% more dinars per dollar than the official rate.
In Baghdad, $100 is about 170,000 dinars — boards show the price per $100.
Rates from DinarTrack, last updated 22 Oct.
Iraqi dinar (IQD)
- Exchange boards are priced per $100, not per dollar.
- Take US dollars in cash.
- The dinar is a controlled currency: it is hard to get outside Iraq and cannot be taken out, so change roughly what you will spend, and spend it down before you fly home.
Najaf on a map
In and around the shrine
- Shrine of Imam Ali
- Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery
and 13 more places · elsewhere in Najaf · a day out
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