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'''Shrine of Imām al-Ḥusayn (a)''' (Arabic: {{ia|العَتَبَة الحُسَینیَّة}}) is the resting place of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], some people from [[Banu Hashim]] and some of his [[Martyrs of Karbala|companions]] in the [[‌Battle of Karbala]], who were martyred on [[Muharram 10]]th, [[61]]/[[October 10]], 680 in a battle with the army of [['Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]].

[[Al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]] made the first building on Imam al-Husayn's (a) grave. The building was later reconstructed, repaired, and developed by Shias and followers of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]], especially kings and governors.

==History==

===Qajar Period===

In 1211/1796, [[Aqa Muhammad Khan Qajar]] ordered the decoration of the shrine's dome with gold. But in 1216/1801, [[Wahhabis]] attacked Karbala and destroyed the darih and the porches and stole all precious property in the treasury of the shrine.

Within ten meters from the south of the shrine, there are two large golden minarets that are about 25 meters high with four meter diameters. The two minarets were built in 786/1384-1385 during the period of Uways al-Jalayiri and his son, Ahmad.<ref>Āl Ṭuʿma, ''Karbalā wa ḥaram-hā-yi muṭahhar'', p. 190-191.</ref>

===Golden Portico===

* The northern porch was built by [[Shah Safi]], and is called the porch of the kings because Qajar kings are buried there.<ref>Qāʾidān, ''ʿAtabāt ʿālīyāt Iraq'', p. 122-123.</ref>

===Darih===

Under the dome, there is a large silver, polygonal [[darih]], in which the graves of Imam al-Husayn (a) and his sons, [['Ali Asghar]] and [['Ali al-Akbar]], are located.<ref>Qummī, ''Amākin-i zīyāratī wa sīyāḥatī-yi Iraq'', p. 46.</ref> Different darihs have been built and installed on Imam al-Husayn's (a) grave in different periods. The last time when the darih was changed was in 2011.

===Mausoleums of the Martyrs of Karbala ===

All martyrs of Karbala —except [[Abu l-Fadl (a)]], [[Hurr b. Yazid al-Riyahi]], and [[Habib b. Muzahir]]— are buried near Imam al-Husayn's (a) grave on the southeastern side of his grave. These graves are located in a 12-meter chamber with an inlayed box and a silver window. Above the window there are tiles in which the names of 120 martyrs of Karbala and a prayer addressed to them are inscribed.<ref>Qummī, ''Amākin-i zīyāratī wa sīyāḥatī-yi Iraq'', p. 118-119.</ref>

===Killing Zone===

* Mirza Shafi' Khan, the prime minister of Iran  (d. 1224/1809)

* [[Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi|Shaykh Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi al-Ha'iri]] (d. 1338/1919)<ref>Muqaddas, ''Rāhnamā-yi amākin-i zīyāratī wa sīyāḥatī dar Iraq'', p. 223-225.</ref>

* It is supererogatory to mention God with a [[misbaha]] whose beads are made of Imam al-Husayn's (a) soil. Even carrying such a misbaha is rewarding.<ref>Fallāḥ zādih, ''Aḥkām-i fiqhī-yi safar zīyāratī-yi ʿatabāt'', p. 57-59.</ref>

==Notes==

*Qurayshī, ʿAbd al-Amīr. ''Marqad-hā wa makānhā-yi zīyāratī-yi Karbalā''. Tehran: Mashʿar, 1391 Sh.

*[http://en.shabestan.ir/detail/News/34717 "The project of increasing height of the dome of holy shrine of Imam Husain (A.S) has been started", Shbestan News Agency, accessed May 14, 2017.]

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