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Imam Ridha shrine in Mashhad
Mashhad

Mashhad is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country city in Iran and one of the Holiest sites in Islam in the Shia world....
, Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imam Ridha, the eighth Imam
Twelve Imams

The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver or Ithna-?ashariyyah branch of Shia Islam Islam....
 of Twelver Shi'ites. Also contained within the complex include: the Goharshad Mosque
Goharshad Mosque

Goharshad Mosque is a famous mosque in Razavi Khorasan province of Iran.It was built by the orders of Goharshad, the wife of Shah Rukh of the Timurid Dynasty in 1418 CE and by the architect Ghavameddin Shirazi....
, a museum, a library, seminaries, a cemetery, a dining hall for pilgrims, vast prayer halls, and other buildings.

This complex is the center of tourism in Iran, visited by 15 to 20 million pilgrims every year.

r this event this place was called as Mashhad al-Rida (the place of martyrdom of Ali al-Rida
Ali al-Rida

?Ali ibn Musa al-Rida was the seventh descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the eighth of the Twelve Imams. His given name was ?Ali ibn Musa ibn Ja?far....
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Imam Ridha shrine in Mashhad
Mashhad

Mashhad is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country city in Iran and one of the Holiest sites in Islam in the Shia world....
, Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imam Ridha, the eighth Imam
Twelve Imams

The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver or Ithna-?ashariyyah branch of Shia Islam Islam....
 of Twelver Shi'ites. Also contained within the complex include: the Goharshad Mosque
Goharshad Mosque

Goharshad Mosque is a famous mosque in Razavi Khorasan province of Iran.It was built by the orders of Goharshad, the wife of Shah Rukh of the Timurid Dynasty in 1418 CE and by the architect Ghavameddin Shirazi....
, a museum, a library, seminaries, a cemetery, a dining hall for pilgrims, vast prayer halls, and other buildings.

This complex is the center of tourism in Iran, visited by 15 to 20 million pilgrims every year.

History


In 818
818

Events...
 Imam Reza was martyred by Al-Ma'mun
Al-Ma'mun

Abu Jafar al-Ma'mun ibn Harun was an Abbasid caliph who reigned from 813 until his death in 833. He succeeded his brother al-Amin....
 and was buried beside the grave of Harun. After this event this place was called as Mashhad al-Rida (the place of martyrdom of Ali al-Rida
Ali al-Rida

?Ali ibn Musa al-Rida was the seventh descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the eighth of the Twelve Imams. His given name was ?Ali ibn Musa ibn Ja?far....
). Shias and sunnis started visiting there for pilgrimage
Ziarat

Ziarat is the capital of Ziarat District, Balochistan , Pakistan. It is located at 30?22'47N 67?43'38E with an altitude of 2543 metres and is a famous holiday resort of Balochistan and nearly every trip from Karachi to Quetta stops at Ziarat....
 of his grave. By the end of the 9th century a dome was built on the grave and many buildings and Bazaars sprang up around it. During more than a millennium it has been devastated and reconstructed several times.

In 993
993

Events...
 the holy shrine was ruined by Saboktakin
Sebük Tigin

Abu Mansur Seb?k Tigin is generally regarded by historians as the founder of the Ghaznavid Empire and dynasty in what is today Afghanistan and Pakistan, even though the Amir Seb?k Tigin was the son-in-law of Alptigin who actually seized Ghazni in a political fallout for the throne of the Samanids....
, a Ghaznavid king. However in 1009 his son Sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 Mahmood Ghaznavi
Mahmud of Ghazni

'Mahmud of Ghazni Province' , also known as , was the founder of the Ghaznavid Empire, which he ruled from 997 until his death. Mahmud turned the former provincial city of Ghazni into the wealthy capital of an extensive empire which extended from Afghanistan into most of Iran as well as Pakistan and regions of North-West India....
 ordered the shrine to be repaired and expanded. About 1150 Sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 Sanjar, a Seljuq king, renovated the sanctuary and added new buildings after miraculous healing of his son in the shrine. Later Sultan Muhammad Khodabande, an Ilkhanate
Ilkhanate

The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate , was a Mongol khanate established in Persia in the 13th century, considered a part of the Mongol Empire....
 king, who converted to Shiism renovated the holy shrine about 1310. The celebrated Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Berber, scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla. His journeys lasted for a period of nearly thirty years and covered almost the entirety of the known Muslim world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in t...
 visited Mashhad in 1333 and reported that it was a large town with abundant fruit trees, streams and mills. A great dome of elegant construction surmounts the noble mausoleum, the walls being decorated with colored tiles. Opposite the tomb of the Imam is the tomb of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
Harun al-Rashid

Harun al-Rashid ; also spelled Harun ar-Rashid; , Aaron the Just, or Aaron the Rightly-Guided; March 17, 763 – March 24, 809) was the fifth and most famous Abbasid Caliphate Caliph....
, which is surmounted by a platform bearing chandeliers.

Later on, in the 1400s during the Shahrokh
Shahrokh

Shahrokh, Shahrukh, Shah Rukh means side projection of the king's face in Persian Language. The name can also refer to:*Shah Rukh of Persia, shah of persia...
 era, it became one of the main cities of the Timurid dynasty
Timurid Dynasty

The Timurids, self-designated Gurkani , were a Persianate society Central Asian Sunni Islam dynasty of originally Turko-Mongol descent whose empire included the whole of Central Asia, Iran, modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as large parts of India, Mesopotamia and Caucasus....
. In 1418 his wife Goharshad
Goharshad

Goharshad was a Persian Empire noble and wife of Shah Rukh , the emperor of the Timurid Dynasty of Herat. She was the daughter of Giath ud-Din Tarkhan, an important and influential noble during Tamerlane's reign....
 funded the construction of an outstanding mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
 beside the shrine, which is known as the Goharshad Mosque
Goharshad Mosque

Goharshad Mosque is a famous mosque in Razavi Khorasan province of Iran.It was built by the orders of Goharshad, the wife of Shah Rukh of the Timurid Dynasty in 1418 CE and by the architect Ghavameddin Shirazi....
.

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See also

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  • Holiest sites in Islam
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  • Astan Quds Razavi
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  • Goharshad Mosque
    Goharshad Mosque

    Goharshad Mosque is a famous mosque in Razavi Khorasan province of Iran.It was built by the orders of Goharshad, the wife of Shah Rukh of the Timurid Dynasty in 1418 CE and by the architect Ghavameddin Shirazi....


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