Maqam of Prophet Daniel, Peace Be Upon Him in Diyala
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Introduction
The Diyala place associated with Prophet Daniel, Peace Be Upon Him, is not a confirmed burial place but a secondary local attributed maqam. The uploaded coordinates and local reporting place it not inside Baqubah city, but in Al-Akr Village in the Wajihiya subdistrict, about twenty kilometres northeast of Baqubah. Several places in Susa, Kirkuk, Mosul, and other regions are also connected with Daniel, so no single location should be declared his certain grave without strong early evidence.
The Al-Akr site has a clear local existence and religious geography of its own. A cemetery surrounds the shrine, and the bridge over an agricultural channel is locally called the Prophet Daniel Bridge. An Iraqi report in 2018 stated that when the bridge collapsed, access for visitors and funeral processions became difficult, and villagers used limited resources to construct a replacement crossing. This shows that the site is tied to local pilgrimage, burial practice, and communal service.
Islamic histories and prophetic narratives remember Prophet Daniel, Peace Be Upon Him, among righteous Israelite and prophetic figures. Material connecting him with Babylon, exile, a royal court, and the interpretation of dreams is preserved in different forms in Islamic historical memory and the scriptures of the People of the Book.
The famous lions' den account appears in the sixth chapter of the Book of Daniel. In that narrative, jealous officials persuaded the king to make prayer an offence, but Daniel did not abandon worship. He was placed in a lions' den, and the scriptural account states that Allah protected him. In an Islamic article, this should be identified as a well-known Biblical moral narrative, not as an explicit Qur'anic event or a definitive hadith.
The value of this maqam lies not in repeating a complete biography of Daniel, but in preserving a Diyala memory formed around an old shrine, a cemetery, an access bridge, and village service. For visitors, it recalls prayer, steadfastness in trial, and reliance on Allah. For researchers, it offers an example for comparing multiple burial traditions and local religious geography.
Journey: Israelite and Babylonian historical memory, the Biblical lions' den account, and the local attributed maqam in Al-Akr Village, Diyala
Books: The Book of Daniel, Tarikh al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya
Historical / Religious Importance
The maqam is an important example of Diyala's local religious memory, cemetery geography, and village-based communal service. Its value lies not in proving a certain grave, but in the continuing pilgrimage and the effort of Al-Akr residents to preserve access to the place.
Because several locations worldwide are attributed to Daniel, describing the Diyala site as an attributed maqam is historically necessary. Retaining the lions' den account as a Biblical moral narrative preserves the educational value of the earlier article without converting it into an explicit Qur'anic or definitive hadith event.
After geography normalization, the hierarchy is Diyala, Wajihiya, and Al-Akr Village, while Baqubah remains the nearest major-city reference.
References
سفر دانيال
من أسفار العهد القديم
الإصحاح السادس، خبر جب الأسود
The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial.
تاريخ الرسل والملوك
محمد بن جرير الطبري
خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باخت
The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial.
البداية والنهاية
إسماعيل بن كثير
قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف ال
The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial.
معجم البلدان
ياقوت الحموي
مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف با
The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial.
قصص الأنبياء
إسماعيل بن كثير
خبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات
The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial.
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The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial.
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The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: خبر دانيال والجسد المنسوب إليه؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: قصص الأنبياء وخبر دانيال؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial. | Page/Volume: مواد شوش وتستر والمواضع المنسوبة؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | The Alsumaria report supports the present Al-Akr shrine, surrounding cemetery, approximately twenty-kilometre relation to Baqubah, bridge collapse, and villagers' 2018 access work. Visit Iran supports Susa as a recognized Daniel-tomb tradition, demonstrating that the Diyala site is one among several attributed locations. The Book of Daniel supports the lions' den narrative, which is explicitly identified as Biblical moral tradition rather than a Qur'anic or definitive hadith event. Al-Tabari, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, Mu'jam al-Buldan, and Qisas al-Anbiya provide Islamic historical and geographical memory, not proof of the Al-Akr burial.