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Nabi Bulus, Beit Shemesh — the shrine of Paul the Apostle in the Muslim tradition (unlike the Christian one which is in Rome). The shrine is abandoned. The shrine is abandoned. Maqam Shihab al-Din, Nazareth — a small shrine and mosque on rooftop and the burial place of Shihab al-Din, Saladin's nephew who died at the Battle of Hattin near ...
Shrine(s) 2 The Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani , also known as Al-Ḥaḍrat Al-Qādiriyyah ( Arabic : ٱلْحَضْرَة ٱلْقَادِرِيَّة ) or Mazār Ghous ( Persian : مزار غوث ), is an Islamic religious complex dedicated to Abdul Qadir Gilani , the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order , located in Baghdad , Iraq .
Pages in category "Shrines in Iraq" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Al-Abbas Shrine;
Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat (Arabic: العتبات العالیات [1] [2] lit. sublime thresholds), [3] [4] which is also known as Al-Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (literally: holy doorsteps) are the shrines of six Shia Imams which are in four cities of Iraq, namely Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra; [5] [6] [7] and actually the whole of these Imams' shrines (graves) are called Atabat Aliyat. [8]
During the Iraqi Revolt, the British troops entered the Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery, and the shrine was desecrated on the 17th of October, in 1917. [1] A year later, in the years 1918 until 1919, the shrine was repaired and given extensive renovations. [5] [4] With the assistance of Iranian companies, the dome of the shrine received new tilework. [4]
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, was a distinctive feature of the ...
Imam Ali's shrine is among the last of the Shi'ite shrines in Iraq to retains its nearly full set of original antique tiles. [13] Around the shrine on its North, East, and Southern sides is a large courtyard surrounded by pointed arch arcades, while the shrine is linked on the West to the Al-Ra's Mosque. The courtyard arcades are two floors in ...
That same year, the Iraqi government unveiled the completed projects, such as the gilding of the Imam Husayn shrine dome, as well as other projects related to the shrine's development. They also uncovered new areas in Bayn al-Haramayn that saw further more houses, shops and monuments destroyed, including a two storey mosque that was built in 1949.