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==Mashhad al-Husayn or Masjid al-Nuqta== | ==Mashhad al-Husayn or Masjid al-Nuqta== | ||
When the caravan of Karbala's prisoners and the heads of martyrs in Karbala arrived in [[Aleppo]] from [[Iraq]], they stayed near a mountain called "Jawshan" west of Aleppo, besides a monastery called "Marat Marutha". There was a monk in the monastery who bribed the guards of the caravan to put Imam al-Husayn's (a) head on a rock inside the monastery. He stayed near the head until the morning. At the sunrise when they took the head, there were drops of blood on the rock. When the caravan moved on, people of Aleppo learned about the story and congregated around the rock and mourned for Imam al-Husayn (a). According to Shiite accounts, blood used to spring on that rock every year on the [[Day of 'Ashura]], attracting the attention of many people of [[ | When the caravan of Karbala's prisoners and the heads of martyrs in Karbala arrived in [[Aleppo]] from [[Iraq]], they stayed near a mountain called "Jawshan" west of Aleppo, besides a monastery called "Marat Marutha". There was a monk in the monastery who bribed the guards of the caravan to put Imam al-Husayn's (a) head on a rock inside the monastery. He stayed near the head until the morning. At the sunrise when they took the head, there were drops of blood on the rock. When the caravan moved on, people of Aleppo learned about the story and congregated around the rock and mourned for Imam al-Husayn (a). According to Shiite accounts, blood used to spring on that rock every year on the [[Day of 'Ashura]], attracting the attention of many people of [[Syria]]. | ||
The Shiite figure, [[Sayf al-Dawla al-Hamdani]] was the first person who built a chamber and a mosque over the rock and the monastery in 350 AH/961 and called it [[Masjid al-Nuqta]]. | The Shiite figure, [[Sayf al-Dawla al-Hamdani]] was the first person who built a chamber and a mosque over the rock and the monastery in 350 AH/961 and called it [[Masjid al-Nuqta]]. | ||
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==The City of "Imam Sahib" in Afghanistan== | ==The City of "Imam Sahib" in Afghanistan== | ||
There is a mausoleum in the city of Imam Sahib, located in Kunduz province north of [[Afghanistan]]. The epigraphy at the entrance of the mausoleum reads that after the [[Event of Karbala]], Imam al-Husayn's (a) head was moved to Ashkelon in | There is a mausoleum in the city of Imam Sahib, located in Kunduz province north of [[Afghanistan]]. The epigraphy at the entrance of the mausoleum reads that after the [[Event of Karbala]], Imam al-Husayn's (a) head was moved to Ashkelon in Syria. In the 6th/12th century, the Fatimid caliph of [[Egypt]] moved the head to Egypt, but before the head was buried there, some Turks took the head to Bactria and buried it in a place called Arhang. In this place (just like the mausoleum of Shahmardan in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]]), the flag of the mausoleum is taken every year on March 29, and then there is a ceremony in the city for 40 days. Local officials and visitors from nearby and distant places attend the ceremony. | ||
==An Assessment== | ==An Assessment== | ||