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==The shrine of Sayyid Muhammad== | ==The shrine of Sayyid Muhammad== | ||
The mausoleum of Sayyid Muhammad is located in the city of Balad in the | The mausoleum of Sayyid Muhammad is located in the city of "Balad" in the "Salah al-Din" province, 85 kilometers north of [[Baghdad]]. Today the place is frequently visited by Shiites. | ||
No exact information is available about when the building on the grave was first constructed. However through reconstructions of the shrine carried out from 1379-1384 | No exact information is available about when the building on the grave was first constructed. However through reconstructions of the shrine carried out from [[1379]]-[[1384]]/1959-1964, it was found out that the first construction of the mausoleum dates back to the 4th/10th century by 'Adud al-Dawla al-Daylami. After that in the 10th/16th century, the first building was constructed by [[Shah Isma'il Safawi]] after the conquest of Baghdad. | ||
The tablet on the mausoleum's [[darih]] (the netted silver box on the grave) reads as follows: | The tablet on the mausoleum's [[darih]] (the netted silver box on the grave) reads as follows: | ||