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[[File:تصویر قدیمی از حرم امام حسین(ع).jpg|thumbnail|250px|An old photo of the Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a) [most likely in Qajar period]]] | [[File:تصویر قدیمی از حرم امام حسین(ع).jpg|thumbnail|250px|An old photo of the Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a) [most likely in 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 shrine's treasury. | In 1211/1796-7, [[Aqa Muhammad Khan Qajar]] ordered the decoration of the shrine's dome with gold. But in 1216/1801-2, [[Wahhabis]] attacked Karbala and destroyed the darih and the porches and stole all precious property in the shrine's treasury. | ||
In 1227/1812, the shrine's building was wearing out. Thus people of Karbala wrote a letter to [[Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar]] and informed him of the damages. He sent a supervisor to check the expenses and the reconstruction and then ordered the reconstruction of the building and the renewal of the golden sheets of the dome. | In 1227/1812-3, the shrine's building was wearing out. Thus people of Karbala wrote a letter to [[Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar]] and informed him of the damages. He sent a supervisor to check the expenses and the reconstruction and then ordered the reconstruction of the building and the renewal of the golden sheets of the dome. | ||
In 1232/1816, Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar built a new silver darih, gilded the dome's portico, and reconstructed everything destroyed by Wahhabis. | In 1232/1816-7, Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar built a new silver darih, gilded the dome's portico, and reconstructed everything destroyed by Wahhabis. | ||
In 1250/1834, Fath 'Ali Shah ordered the reconstruction of the dome as well as that of Abu l-Fadl al-'Abbas's (a) shrine. | In 1250/1834-5, Fath 'Ali Shah ordered the reconstruction of the dome as well as that of Abu l-Fadl al-'Abbas's (a) shrine. | ||
In 1273/1856, [[Nasir al-Din Shah]] renewed the dome and some of the golden covers, and in 1283/1866, he developed the shrine's courtyard.<ref>Āl Ṭuʿma, ''Karbalā wa ḥaram-hā-yi muṭahhar'', p. 111.</ref> | In 1273/1856-7, [[Nasir al-Din Shah]] renewed the dome and some of the golden covers, and in 1283/1866-7, he developed the shrine's courtyard.<ref>Āl Ṭuʿma, ''Karbalā wa ḥaram-hā-yi muṭahhar'', p. 111.</ref> | ||
===Later Periods=== | ===Later Periods=== | ||