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The Mausoleum of Ali b. Mahziyar is a religious ziyarah site located in the Khaz'aliyya neighborhood of Ahwaz.[1] Based on historical documents and travelogues, this structure is considered the starting point for the formation of modern Ahwaz in terms of architecture and urban planning.[2] This place is visited by pilgrims from 30 countries.[3]

According to popular belief, the person buried in this mausoleum is Ali b. Mahziyar al-Ahwazi, a companion of Imam al-Rida (a), Imam al-Jawad (a), Imam al-Hadi (a), and Imam al-'Askari (a),[4] who also met Imam al-Mahdi (a).[5] It is said that in 201/816-17, Imam al-Rida (a) stayed in this location on his way to Marw. A mosque named Masjid al-Rida was built by Ali b. Mahziyar, and he was later buried there according to his will.[6]

However, some believe that the owner of the tomb is Ali b. Ibrahim b. Mahziyar al-Ahwazi, the nephew of Ali b. Mahziyar, who met Imam al-Mahdi (a) during the Minor Occultation,[7] and that Ali b. Mahziyar is buried in Jajarm.[8]

The last darih installed in the Mausoleum of Ali b. Mahziyar in 2017.

In the western part of the mausoleum, there is a hall said to be the same Masjid al-Rida where Imam al-Rida (a) resided.[9] A number of scholars and martyrs of the Iran-Iraq War are also buried next to this shrine.[10] This place is a center for religious gatherings of the people, especially on the eves of Friday.[11]

The reconstruction of the mausoleum began in 2011,[12] but its sudden demolition faced public protest.[13] According to the Director General of Endowments of Khuzestan Province, in the new reconstruction plan, the area of the mausoleum has increased to approximately 53,000 square meters.[14]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Āstān-i ʿAlī b. Mahziyār-i Ahwāzī; az takhrīb tā bāzsāzī", IQNA.
  2. ↑ Akhlāṣī, "Ṭarḥ-i tawsiʿa-yi marqad-i muṭahhar-i Ḥaḍrat-i ʿAlī b. Mahziyār-i Ahwāzī", Abstract.
  3. ↑ "Quṭb-i gardishgarī-yi madhhabī dar junūb-i gharbī-yi Īrān", YJC.
  4. ↑ Ṭūsī, Rijāl al-Ṭūsī, pp. 360, 376, 388; Najāshī, Rijāl al-Najāshī, p. 253.
  5. ↑ Mukhliṣī, "Tawḍīḥī bar maqāla-yi Masjid-i Jāmiʿ-i Jājarm", pp. 165–197; "Ḥaram-i ʿAlī b. Mahziyār-i Ahwāzī, qaṭʿa-ī rū bi bihisht", IRIB News Agency.
  6. ↑ Muḥammadiyān, Tā qadamgāh-i khurshīd, p. 146; "Ḥaram-i ʿAlī b. Mahziyār-i Ahwāzī, qaṭʿa-ī rū bi bihisht", IRIB News Agency.
  7. ↑ Ṭūsī, al-Ghayba, pp. 263–267.
  8. ↑ Aḥmadī, "ʿAlī b. Mahziyār-i Ahwāzī yā Jājarmī", p. 54.
  9. ↑ "ʿAlī b. Mahziyār rāwī-yi aḥādīth-i Imām Riḍā (a); maqbara-ī ki maward-i iḥtirām-i mardum-i Ahwāz ast", Razavi News Agency.
  10. ↑ "ʿAlī b. Mahziyār rāwī-yi aḥādīth-i Imām Riḍā (a); maqbara-ī ki maward-i iḥtirām-i mardum-i Ahwāz ast", Razavi News Agency.
  11. ↑ "Buqʿa-yi mutabarrika-yi ʿAlī b. Mahziyār-i Ahwāzī nagīn-i gardishgarī-yi madhhabī-yi Khūzistān", ISNA.
  12. ↑ "Āstān-i ʿAlī b. Mahziyār-i Ahwāzī; az takhrīb tā bāzsāzī", IQNA.
  13. ↑ "Takhrīb-i kāmil-i marqad-i ʿAlī b. Mahziyār dar Ahwāz", Quds Online.
  14. ↑ "Bāzsāzī-yi buqʿa-yi ʿAlī b. Mahziyār dar masāḥat-i 53 hizār mitr-i murabbaʿ", Shabestan.

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