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In 914/1508, [[Shah Isma'il I]] conquered Baghdad. On the second day after the conquest, he visited Imam al-Husayn's (a) shrine and ordered his agents to gild the margins of Imam al-Husayn's (a) darih. In | In 914/1508-9, [[Shah Isma'il I]] conquered Baghdad. On the second day after the conquest, he visited Imam al-Husayn's (a) shrine and ordered his agents to gild the margins of Imam al-Husayn's (a) darih. In 920/1514-5, Shah Isma'il visited the shrine once again and ordered a teak box over the darih. | ||
In 932/1525, [[Shah Isma'il II]] donated a gorgeous netted, silver darih to Imam al-Husayn's (a) shrine. | In 932/1525-6, [[Shah Isma'il II]] donated a gorgeous netted, silver darih to Imam al-Husayn's (a) shrine. | ||
In 983/1575, 'Ali Pasha reconstructed the dome of the shrine. | In 983/1575-6, 'Ali Pasha reconstructed the dome of the shrine. | ||
In 1032/ | In 1032/1622-3, [[Shah 'Abbas I]] constructed a copper darih for its box and decorated the dome with Kashan's stones. | ||
In 1048/1638, [[Sultan Murad IV]], an [[Ottoman]] king, visited Karbala and ordered the exterior part of the dome to be whitened by plasters.<ref>Āl Ṭuʿma, ''Karbalā wa ḥaram-hā-yi muṭahhar'', p. 110.</ref> | In 1048/1638-9, [[Sultan Murad IV]], an [[Ottoman]] king, visited Karbala and ordered the exterior part of the dome to be whitened by plasters.<ref>Āl Ṭuʿma, ''Karbalā wa ḥaram-hā-yi muṭahhar'', p. 110.</ref> | ||
===Afsharid Period=== | ===Afsharid Period=== | ||