Mount Alfaf

Mount Alfaf (Syriac: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܐܠܦܦ, ṭūrāʾ Alfaf), also known as Mount Maqlub (جبل مقلوب in Arabic), is a mountain in the Nineveh Plains region in northern Iraq.

The largest town on the mountain is Merki, which is inhabited by Assyrians of the Syriac Orthodox Church.

[1] The mountain is famous for the Mar Mattai Monastery which lies close to its southern summit.

There exist a number of hermitages that date back to the 4th and 5th century AD, the most important of which are:[1]

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