Note AM — CHAPTER 2 HE WHOM THEY SOUGHT
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The holy cities of `Íráq are: (1) Najaf and (2) Karbilá (both already mentioned), which have within them the shrines of the first and the third Imáms, respectively; (3) Káẓimayn, in the close vicinity of Baghdád, which harbours the shrines of Imám Músá al-Káẓim, the seventh Imám, and Imám Muḥammad al-Taqí, the ninth Imám; (4) Sámarrá, where the shrines of the tenth and the eleventh Imáms, `Alí an-Naqí and Ḥasan al-`Askarí, are situated.