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In the 7th and 8th centuries (the period of Shiite Ilkhanate and Jalairid rulers), Najaf underwent a remarkable progress in its construction and scholarly activities and was host to a large population of people, because these governments spent a considerable amount of money for the expansion of Shiite schools and mosques in the city.<ref>Āl-i Maḥbūba, ''Māḍī al-Najaf wa ḥādiruhā'', vol. 1, p. 22.</ref> | In the 7th and 8th centuries (the period of Shiite Ilkhanate and Jalairid rulers), Najaf underwent a remarkable progress in its construction and scholarly activities and was host to a large population of people, because these governments spent a considerable amount of money for the expansion of Shiite schools and mosques in the city.<ref>Āl-i Maḥbūba, ''Māḍī al-Najaf wa ḥādiruhā'', vol. 1, p. 22.</ref> | ||
In the [[Safavid]] Era, [[Isma'il I|Shah Isma'il]] and [[Tahmasp I|Shah Tahmasp]] commanded the construction of water streams to move the water of [[Euphrates]] to the city in order to solve the water supply problem.<ref>Kāzimī Diligānī, ''Iqdāmāt-i umrānī-yi shāhān-i Ṣafawī'', p. ?</ref> "Nahr-shah" (literally: the king's stream) which was constructed at the command of Shah Isma'il has still remained from that period.<ref>Klīdar, ''Tārīkh Karbalā wa hā'ir Ḥusaynī'', p. 342.</ref> In that period, Suleiman the Magnificent, a Sunni Ottoman king, helped the construction of Najaf because of his close relationships with Shiite Safavid kings.<ref>Āl-i Maḥbūba, ''Māḍī al-Najaf wa ḥādiruhā'', vol. 1, p. 28-29.</ref> In the period of Qajar and in 1217/1802, a solid impenetrable wall was built around Najaf in order to prevent Wahhabi attacks. The wall existed until 1385/1965.<ref>Ḥusaynī Jalālī, ''Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa tārīkhuhā'', p. 48.</ref> | In the [[Safavid]] Era, [[Isma'il I|Shah Isma'il]] and [[Tahmasp I|Shah Tahmasp]] commanded the construction of water streams to move the water of [[Euphrates]] to the city in order to solve the water supply problem.<ref>Kāzimī Diligānī, ''Iqdāmāt-i umrānī-yi shāhān-i Ṣafawī'', p. ?</ref> "Nahr-shah" (literally: the king's stream) which was constructed at the command of Shah Isma'il has still remained from that period.<ref>Klīdar, ''Tārīkh Karbalā wa hā'ir Ḥusaynī'', p. 342.</ref> In that period, Suleiman the Magnificent, a Sunni Ottoman king, helped the construction of Najaf because of his close relationships with Shiite Safavid kings.<ref>Āl-i Maḥbūba, ''Māḍī al-Najaf wa ḥādiruhā'', vol. 1, p. 28-29.</ref> In the period of Qajar and in 1217/1802-3, a solid impenetrable wall was built around Najaf in order to prevent Wahhabi attacks. The wall existed until 1385/1965-6.<ref>Ḥusaynī Jalālī, ''Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa tārīkhuhā'', p. 48.</ref> | ||
==Shi'a Seminary of Najaf== | ==Shi'a Seminary of Najaf== | ||