DANIEL'S TOMB

A tomb believed to be the last resting place for the prophet Daniel which is located within the Kirkuk Citadel in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. Originally the site was a Jewish temple then later it was turned into a Christian church and finally into a Muslim mosque. The mosque has arches, pillars and two domes on a decorated base and beside it there are three minarets which belong to the end of the Mongolian reign. The mosque is about 400 square meters and houses four tombs believed to belong to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. As the respect of Kirkuk people towards Christians and Jews was so boundless, they desired to bury their dead next to Daniel's Tomb. This graveyard may be regarded as the first cemetery in Kirkuk. There is another tomb in Susa, Iran that is also believed by some to be Daniel's tomb.
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There is another claimed tomb of Daniel, located just outside of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. According to the local legend, the Mongol tyrant Timur attempted for many years to conquer Syria but was unsuccessful. One of his minister suggested it was because the saint from the Biblical times, Daniel, was buried there. Timur then sent his army to where Daniel was entombed in Syria, and after a fierce fight with the Syrians, was able to take his body back to Uzbekhistan. It is also said that on the day that Daniel was entombed here a natural source of water sprung up at that spot, and it is believed by locals that that water has the power to cure.

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Many Pruported Tombs

Tomb Destroyed

Many Pruported Tombs

In addition to the above-mentioned possible Tombs of the Prophet Daniel being located in Kirkuk, Samarkand, and Susa, there is also a reported Tomb of Daniel in Baquba (see below). It is not known which Tomb actually inters the remains of the Prophet.

Tomb Destroyed

According to a news report by Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa (which in turn was used as a source by other news outlets), on Sunday, June 29th, 2007 the ancient Tomb of Daniel in Baquba was totally destroyed. "Unidentified individuals planted a load of high explosives around the tomb of the prophet Daniel in al-Wajihiya area, thus destroying it completely and razing it to the ground" a police source told DPA.
All the news articles about the bombing all refer to the Tomb being located in Baquba, Iraq. However, beyond these reports, there are no other known public references to a Tomb of Daniel in Baquba. The only verifiable Tomb of Daniel in Iraq is in Kirkuk.