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The shrine of al-'Abbas (a) is located 378 meters north-east of the [[Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)]] and [[Bayn al-Haramayn]] is the place connecting the two shrines. The burial place of [[al-'Ababs b. Ali (a)]] is located in the middle of the shrine and over it a gifted exquisite Khatam box is placed on which some repairs have been made over time. | The shrine of al-'Abbas (a) is located 378 meters north-east of the [[Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)]] and [[Bayn al-Haramayn]] is the place connecting the two shrines. The burial place of [[al-'Ababs b. Ali (a)]] is located in the middle of the shrine and over it a gifted exquisite Khatam box is placed on which some repairs have been made over time. | ||
Over the box, the silver [[darih]] is placed which was made | Over the box, the silver [[darih]] is placed which was made during three years by Iranian artists and the help of [[Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim]] and was installed in [[1385]]/1965-6. The new darih was made using four hundred thousand Mithqals (a unit of mass equal to 4.25 grams) of pure silver and eight thousand Mithqals of gold . There are four symmetric rawaqs at the four sides of the shrine which are joined at their ends. The ceiling and all the walls the shrine and rawaqs have mirror-works on them made by Iranian artists. Over darih, a great dome is built gold plating which was finished in [[1375]]/1955-6. | ||
On the two sides of the south portico, there are two minarets. On the south part of the shrine, there is a roofed portico in the middle of which there is a golden door having Mina-works on it made in [[Isfahan]] and on its east and west sides, there are two small doors and all the three doors open to the south rawaq. | On the two sides of the south portico, there are two minarets. On the south part of the shrine, there is a roofed portico in the middle of which there is a golden door having Mina-works on it made in [[Isfahan]] and on its east and west sides, there are two small doors and all the three doors open to the south rawaq. | ||