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Imam Ali’s Step Mosque, Basra
Az Zubayr, Basra, Iraq
In the old quarter west of modern Basra stands one of the very first mosques built in Islam, founded around 635 CE....
Mausoleum of 1st Imam Ali bin Abu Talib, Najaf
Najaf, Iraq
In Najaf rises a golden dome over the burial place of ʿAli ibn Abi Talib — cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, first Imam of Shiʿism, and the figure most Sufi lineages...
Mausoleum of Abbas (brother of Imam Hussein), Karbala
Karbala, Karbala, Iraq
Across the Bayn al-Haramayn plaza from the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala stands the gleaming golden tomb of al-Abbas ibn Ali, the flag-bearer and water-bearer who fell on...
Mausoleum of Abd Alqadir Gilani, Baghdad
Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
In the Bab al-Sheikh quarter of Baghdad rests Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the 12th-century Hanbali scholar and Sufi revered as Ghawth al-Azam, the Greatest Helper....
Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra
Az Zubayr, Basra, Iraq
In the ancient cemetery of Zubayr, near Basra, lies the mausoleum of Hasan al-Basri, one of Islam's most revered spiritual teachers....
Mausoleum of Imam Hussein, Karbala
Karbala, Karbala, Iraq
On the plain of Karbala, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad was killed on the tenth of Muharram in the year 61 of the Hijra....
Mausoleum of Maytham Altammar, Kufa, Najaf
Al Kufa, Najaf, Iraq
Just west of the Great Mosque of Kufa stands the shrine of Maytham al-Tammar, a freed slave and date merchant who became one of Imam Ali's most loyal companions....
Mausoleums of 10th Imam Ali Alhadi and 11th Imam Hasan Alaskari, Samarra
Samarra, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
In Samarra rises the al-Askari Shrine, holding the tombs of the tenth and eleventh Twelver Imams and, beside them, the sardab from which the awaited twelfth Imam is...
Mausoleums of 7th Imam Musa Alkadhim and 9th Imam Muhammad Aljawad, Baghdad
Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
In the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad, twin golden domes rise over the tombs of two of the Twelve Imams: Musa al-Kadhim, model of patience under persecution, and...
Mausoleums of Muslim bin Aqil, Hani bin Urwa and Almukhtar, Kufa Mosque, Najaf
Al Kufa, Najaf, Iraq
In the old garrison city of Kufa stands one of the earliest mosques in Islam, and one of the holiest in Shia tradition....
Residence of the 12th Imam Muhammad Almahdi, Sahla Mosque, Najaf
Al Kufa, Najaf, Iraq
A short walk from the Great Mosque of Kufa stands a serene mosque devoted to hope and waiting....
Tomb of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (Yazidi Temple), Lalish
Lalsh, Nineveh, Iraq
Lalish is the holiest place of Yazidism, a narrow wooded valley north of Mosul where Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir lies buried and where, in Yazidi cosmology, Tawûsê Melek — the...
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