Editing Jonah (section)

===={{anchor|Tomb at Nineveh}}Claimed tombs====
[[File:Ruins of the Mosque of Yunus.png|thumb|Photograph of the ruins of the mosque of Yunus, following its destruction by ISIL]]
{{See also|Mosques and shrines of Mosul#Mosque_of_the_Prophet_Jonah}}
[[Nineveh]]'s current location is marked by excavations of five gates, parts of walls on four sides, and two large mounds: the hill of Kuyunjik and hill of Nabi Yunus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com:443/maps?q=%22Al-Nabi+Yunus%22+OR+hill+OR+gate+OR+wall+loc:+Mosul,+Iraq&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=36.011613,56.337891&t=h&hq=%22Al-Nabi+Yunus%22+OR+hill+OR+gate+OR+wall&hnear=Mosul,+N%C4%ABnaw%C4%81,+Iraq&z=13 |title=Link to Google map with Nineveh markers at gates, wall sections, hills and mosque|publisher=Goo.gl|date=19 March 2013|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> A [[mosque]] atop Nabi Yunus was dedicated to the prophet Jonah and contained a shrine, which was revered by both Muslims and Christians as the site of Jonah's tomb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/25/ISIS-destroys-tombs-of-two-prophets-in-Mosul.html|title=ISIS destroys 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul|date=25 July 2014|publisher=[[Al Arabiya]]|access-date=28 July 2014|quote=The radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has destroyed shrines belonging to two prophets, highly revered by both Christians and Muslims, in the northern city of Mosul, al-Sumaria News reported Thursday. "ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet Younis (Jonah) shrine east of Mosul city after they seized control of the mosque completely," a security source, who kept his identity anonymous, told the Iraq-based al-Sumaria News.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727203131/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/25/ISIS-destroys-tombs-of-two-prophets-in-Mosul.html|archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> The tomb was a popular pilgrimage site{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}} and a symbol of unity to Jews, Christians, and Muslims across the Middle East.{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}} On July 24, 2014, the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) destroyed the mosque containing the tomb as part of a campaign to destroy religious sanctuaries it deemed to be [[Idolatry|idolatrous]].{{sfn|Ford|Tawfeeq|2014}}{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}} After [[Mosul]] was taken back from ISIL in January 2017, an ancient Assyrian palace built by [[Esarhaddon]] dating to around the first half of the 7th century BCE was discovered beneath the ruined mosque.{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}}{{sfn|Ensor|2017}} ISIL had plundered the palace of items to sell on the [[black market]],{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}}{{sfn|Ensor|2017}} but some of the artifacts that were more difficult to transport still remained in place.{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}}{{sfn|Ensor|2017}}

Other reputed locations of Jonah's tomb include:
* the [[Israeli Arabs|Arab]] village of [[Mashhad, Israel|Mashhad]], located on the ancient site of [[Gath-hepher]] in [[Israel]];{{sfn|Limburg|1993|page=39}} 
* the Nabi Yunis mosque of the [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] town of [[Halhul]], in the [[West Bank]], {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} north of [[Hebron]], was purportedly built over Jonah's tomb;{{sfn|Friedman|2006|page=64}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Halhoul |url=https://www.travelpalestine.ps/en/article/50/Halhoul|access-date=8 January 2023|website=www.travelpalestine.ps}}</ref> 
* a sanctuary near the city of Sarafand ([[Sarepta]]) in [[Lebanon]];{{sfn|Costa|2013|page=97}} 
* a hill now called Giv'at Yonah, "Jonah's Hill", at the northern edge of the Israeli town of [[Ashdod]], at a site covered by a modern lighthouse;
* a "tomb of Jonah" in the city of [[Diyarbakır|Diyarbakir]], Turkey, located behind the [[mihrab]] at [[:tr:Fatih Paşa Camisi|Fatih Pasha Mosque]]<ref>Talha Ugurluel, ''Dünyaya Hükmeden Sultan Kanuni: Gerçeklerin Anlatıldığı Bir Tarih Kitabı'', Timas, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113242 Hz. Yunus ve Diyabakir] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613122436/http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113242|date=13 June 2021}} ''WowTurkey''. Posted 16 August 2011.</ref> – [[Evliya Çelebi]] states in his ''[[Seyahatname]]'' that he visited the tombs of prophet Jonah and prophet [[Saint George|George]] in the city.<ref>[https://docplayer.biz.tr/20638287-Evliya-celebi-nin-seyahatname-sinde-diyarbakir-diyarbakir-in-evliya-celebi-s-seyahatname.html EVLİYA ÇELEBİ’NİN SEYAHATNAME’SİNDE DİYARBAKIR (Turkish)]</ref><ref>[https://www.tigrishaber.com/evliya-celebi-diyarbakirda-521yy.htm EVLİYA ÇELEBİ DİYARBAKIR’DA (Turkish)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613121442/https://www.tigrishaber.com/evliya-celebi-diyarbakirda-521yy.htm|date=13 June 2021}} ''TigrisHaber''. Posted 22 July 2014.</ref>