Kadhimiya: Difference between revisions

'''Kādhimiya''' (Arabic:{{iarabic|الکاظمیه}}) is among important religious cities of [[Iraq]] where the shrines of two [[infallible]] Imams (a), [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]] and [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]] are located. This city is of great significance to [[Shi'a]] after the religious cities of [[Najaf]] and [[Karbala]].

Kadhimiya is located on the west of Tigris River on the north-west of [[Baghdad]]. Some Shi'a scholars such as [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] and [[Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]] are buried in this city.

Kadhimiya is located near [[Baghdad]], but now attached to it due to urban expansion. It is located on the west of Tigris River and thus has a moderate climate. Raining in most times of the year is like spring shower. Therefore, at the time of [[Abbasid]]s, Baghdad and other breadbasket areas around it were decided as the capital and resort for Abbasid rulers.

Due to especial geographical location, Kadhimiya has been considered important and its history is thought to date back before Jesus Christ. At the time of Sassanids, this region has been a garden of an Iranian King called Tasuj and has been called so. In the [[Battle of Nahrawan]] in 37/657 following the order of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]], martyrs of the war were buried here and it was called "Maqbarat al-Shuhada". At the time of Abbasids, when expanding and reviving Baghdad and choosing it as the capital, this cemetery was called "Shunizi", and [[al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi]] chose it for burying Abbasid elders and families and thereafter was called "Maqabir Quraysh" (Quraysh cemetery).