page_title: Nabi Musa
section_title: Burial place
hierarchical_section_title: Nabi Musa / Burial place
caption_attribution_description: English: Nabi_Musa_jerico-Jerusalam
context_page_description: Nabi Musa is the name of a site in the West Bank believed to be the tomb of Musa. It is also the name of a seven-day long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims, beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the old Greek Orthodox calendar. Considered "one of the most important Muslim pilgrimages in Palestine", the festival centered on a collective pilgrimage from Jerusalem to what was understood to be the Tomb of Moses, near Jericho.
  According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Nabi Musa had a population of 3 males, in 1 house. A Palestinian village with the same name lies close to the site. In 2007, according to the census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a residential population of 309.
context_section_description: The grave of Moses is located at Maqam El-Nabi Musa which lies 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Jericho and 20 km (12 mi) east of Jerusalem in the Judean wilderness. A side road to the right of the main Jerusalem-Jericho road, about 2 km (1.2 mi) beyond the sign indicating sea level, leads to the site. The Fatimid, Taiyabi and Dawoodi Bohra sects also believe in the same. In contrast, the biblical book of Deuteronomy records that Moses was buried "in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor" (east of the Jordan River) and that "no one knows the place of his burial to this day".
caption: The maqam of Nabi Musa
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