Mount Alfaf

Mount Alfaf
Mount Maqlub, Ṭūrāʾ Alfaf
View of the mountain from the road between Kalek and Bardarash
Highest point
Elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Coordinates	36°29′30″N 43°26′29″E
Geography
Mount Alfaf Bartella, Iraq

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]

• Mar Mattai hermitage, where according to Syriac tradition, Sara, sister of Mar Behnam, was miraculously cured of leprosy by Mar Mattai.
• Bar Hebraeus hermitage which was occupied by Bar Hebraeus during his lifetime.
• The spy’s hermitage which lies at the top of the mountain and was used as a sentry to warn the occupants of the monastery of bandits.