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=== At the Time of Safavids === | === At the Time of Safavids === | ||
[[Shah Isma'il Safavi]] victoriously entered Baghdad on [[Jumada II | [[Shah Isma'il Safavi]] victoriously entered Baghdad on [[Jumada II 21]], [[914]]/ [[October 31]], 1508 and was well received by Shias. The next day, he went toward Karbala and sat in the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a) for one whole day. He then went to the shrine of al-'Abbas (a) and ordered extensive repairs on the shrine. He also gifted twelve cylinders of pure gold he had brought from Iran to the shrine of al-'Abbas (a). He ordered to cover the floor of the whole shrine with valuable silk carpets woven in [[Isfahan]] and employed a special team of servants to maintain and light the cresset of the shrine whose descendants are known today Karbala as Al Qandil. Isma'il Safavi also ordered the tiling of the dome as well, which was remaining until [[1302]]/1884-5. | ||
=== At the Time of Nader Shah Afshar === | === At the Time of Nader Shah Afshar === | ||