Maqam al-Sayyida Zaynab (a) (Egypt): Difference between revisions

There is a disagreement among historians regarding the person buried in this place and the history of its building. In different historical reports, the existence of a grave attributed to Lady Zaynab (a) in this location has been mentioned. According to an opinion, after the [[Event of Karbala]], Lady Zaynab (a), daughter of Imam Ali (a), returned to [[Medina]]; but, following the force of the ruler of [[Medina]] for going out of the city, in [[61]]/680-1, she went to Egypt, whose people were famous for loving the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and lived there and finally passed away in [[62]]/682. According to this view, Lady Zaynab (a) was buried in a place which is now called "Masjid al-Sayyida Zaynab (a)".

There is a report saying that in the 6th/12th century, contemporary with the government of Sayif al-Din Abu Bakr b. Ayyub, a person called Fakhr al-Din al-Tha'lab al-Ja'fari, governor of Cairo and among the noble leaders of Zaynabiyyun, built a building in this place.

The building for the Maqam of Lady Zaynab (a) in Egypt in the 10th/16th century was repaired by the governor of Egypt at the time of Sultan Salim Qanuni, the tenth Ottoman king. Then in 1174/1760-1, 'Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda (KadKhuda), one of the commanders of Egypt who made great efforts in reconstruction and expansion of cultural and pilgrimage cites in Egypt, reconstructed Maqam of Lady Zaynab (a). In 1210/1795-6, the [[Darih]] inside the Maqam was replaced by a Darih made of copper. Later, Muhammad Ali Pasha, the governor of Egypt, reconstructed and expanded this place in 1270/1853-4.

In 1294/1877-8, the gate in from of the dome of Maqam of Lady Zaynab (a) was covered by Muhammad Tawfiq Pasha, with Egyptian and Istanbuli marble stone. Reconstruction of the dome, mosque and minaret of Maqam of Lady Zaynab (a) began in 1297/1879-80 by the governor of that time and finished in 1320/1902-3.