Chronology of Imam Husain (as) Shrine at Karbala

Chronology of Imam Husain (as) Shrine at Karbala
The repairing works and modifications that the holy shrine had
witnessed since the martyrdom of Imam Husain (SA) until the present
day are included in a form of a timetable with a reference to the date
of each one. This timetable is quoted from the book entitled
(Al-Husain and Al-Abbas shrines history).
Hijri YearGregorian YearEvents
10th Moharram 61lst October, 680Imam Hussain (sa) was buried at this
sacred spot.
6518th August, 684Mukhtar ibn Abu Obaidah Thaqafi built anenclosure
around the grave, in the form of a mosque and erected a dome over the
grave. There were two entrances to this building.
13212th August, 749A roof for the shrine wasbuilt during the reign of
the Abbasid Caliph Abi Al-Abbas Al-Safah
14031st March, 763The roof was destroyed during the reign of Abi
Ja'far Al-Mansur
15811th November, 774The destroyed roof was rebuilt during Al-Mahdi reign
17122nd June, 787During the reign of the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid, the
mausoleum was destroyed and the lote-tree that stood besides the grave
of Imam Husain (sa) was cut down.
19325th October, 808The destroyed roof was rebuilt during Al-Mahdi reign
23615th July, 850The Caliph al-Mutawakkildestroyed the mausoleum and
orderedthe nearby land, including the grave, to be plowed.
24717th March, 861Al-Muntasir reconstructed the shrine.A flag column
was put on it to be recognizable by the visitors, many shi'as started
to travel and settle there
2738th June, 886The construction built byAl-Muntasir collapsed; the
ruler of Tubristan Mohammed son of Mohammed son of Zaid rebuilt it
28023rd March, 893The Alid representative built a dome in the centre,
with two roofs, on either side and an enclosure with two entrances.
30719th August, 977Adzd ibn Boweih rebuilt the dome, the surrounding
galleries and constructed a screenof teak wood around the sepulchre.
He also constructed houses all round the shrine and erected the
boundary wall of the city. At the same time Imran ibn Shahin built a
mosque adjacent to the tomb.
40710th June, 1016The buildings were damaged by fire and theVizier,
Al-Hassan ibn Al-Fadhil rebuilt them.
4791086The king Shah visited the holy shrine and reconstructed the
shrine's outer fence
6204th February, 1223The tomb was renovatedby an-Nasir li-Din Allah
75718th Sept. 1365Sultan Owais ibn Hasan Jalairi remodelled the dome
and raised the walls of the enclosure.
78024th Feb. 1384Ahmad ibn Owais erected two minarets covered with
gold and extended the courtyard.
9141508When Shah Ismail Safawivisited the holy shrine he built a
sacrophagus of the inlaid work over the grave.
92026th Feb. 1514The Safavid Sultan Ismaiel visited Karbala and built
a box made of teak wood on the grave
9321526Sultan Ismaiel Al-Safawy donated a big fabulous silver net to
be put on the grave
9831575Ali Basha, the governor of Baghdad called (Wannd Zadah)
renewedthe dome's construction
10325th Nov. 1622Shah Abbas Safavi constructed the screens (darih) of
brass and bronze and decorated the dome with Kashani tiles.
104815th May 1638Othman Sultan Murad IV, when he visited the
holyshrine, whitewashed theexterior of the dome.
11351722The wife of Nadir Shah gave orders to an overallreconstruction
of the holy shrine and donated money for the shrine
11558th March 1742Sultan Nadir Shah visitedthe holy shrine and
decorated the building and offered valuable presents to the treasury
of the shrine.
12117th July 1796Shah Muhammad al-Qajary plastered the dome with gold
121614th May, 1801Wahabbies attacked Karbala, destroyed the shrine,
and looted the sepulcher
12271812The shrine destroyed, Karbala's people wrote aletter to the
Sultan Fatih Ali Shah Qajary to help inrestoring it, and he ordered to
renew the dome and replace its golden plates, he sent anenvoy to
supervise the work
123221st Nov., 1817Sultan Fatih Ali Shah renewed the silver Mesh and
decorated the golden Iwan with gold and reconstructed what the
Wahabbies had destroyed
12501834Sultan Fatih Ali Shah built the two domes of the holy shrines
of ImamHussein and Abbas, he appointed his deputy Sadir A'dam (Ibrahim
Khan AL-Shirazy)
12731856Sultan Nasir Al-Deen Shah Qajary renewed the construction of
the dome of the holy shrine and some of the gilding
128316th May, 1866Nasiruddin Shah Qachar extended the courtyard of the shrine.
13511932Renovating the base pillars of the courtyard.
135821st February, 1939Dr. Taher Saifud-din, 51st Dai-el-Mutlaq of the
Dawoodi Bohra community offered a set of screens of solid silver which
are fixed in the shrine.
136029th January, 1941Dr. Taher Saifud-din, 5lst Dai-el-Mutlaq of the
Dawoodi Bohra community rebuilt the western minaret.
136720th Dec., 1948Syed Abdul Rasul Khalsi, Administrator of Karbala
acquired the houses in the neighbourhood of the courtyard according to
the price fixed by the government, to build a road around the holy
mausoleum and to extend the courtyard.
13701950The Late Sabry Al-Hilaly, the handwriting artist, wrote the
Sura (chapter)of (Al-Daher) in the holy shrines of Imam Hussein
(SA)and Abbas and started working on the eastern side which was later
attached to the courtyard and he used the precious Kashani bricks for
decorating theIwans.
13711951The dome reconstructed and golden bricks were interposed for
the second time.
13731953The decorated mirrors ofthe holy shrine were renewed along
with all porches, precious marble were brought from Asfahan to cover
the walls of the two holyshrines, the upper part of the golden Iwan
was gilded.
13831964Reconstruction committee raised the Iwans and paved their
walls with Kashanin bricks.
13841965A Charitable person donated marble pillars to the golden Iwan.
13881968The marble pillars were brought from Iran, they started
demolishing the old Iwan's ceiling and the cranes were sent to set up
the marble.
13901970Iron pillars were connected with underground bridges as bases
of the marble pillars.
13921973The cornerstone was placed for the building of the golden
Iwan's structure.
13941974A plan for modernizing the shrine of Imam Hussein (SA)was put
into action, it included rebuilding the golden Iwan with marble
pillars and the western side of the courtyard was demolished and its
walls paved with Kashani bricks.
13951975The renovation process of the two holy shrines was launched,
the front facades were covered with Kashani bricks, and a library and
museum were built on the western side of the holy Imam Hussein
(SA)shrine.
13961976Ministry of Endowments decorated and restored the golden Iwan
with Kashani and mosaic.
14001980The related parts of the outer fence (hotels and houses and
trade shops) were demolished, an outer fence of 11, 3 meters high
surroundingthe shrine was built withrooms and halls.
14242003Establishing of the engineering body in the holy shrine that
is the "committee of projects and quality control" (called after
endorsing the new management law of the holy shrines the Section of
Engineering and Technical Affairs), this Section established afterthe
fall of the tyrant Saddam by the authorization of the highest
committee formed by the highest Religious Authority to manage the holy
shrines of Karbala , this committee has started on the day of its
establishment,a development campaign to the holy shrine, it included
replacing the outer fence's rooms withservice and managerial and
engineering rooms instead, in addition to ten technical workshops,a
religious school and two libraries ( one electronic) and a guestroom
for the visitors and various stores and a security video monitoring
system.
1st Ramdan 14242003The establishment of theMedia Committee, it
consists of various departments, they are: audio and visual production
Dep., It produces all the audio and the visual related to the holy
shrine of Imam Hussein (SA) whether those related to the other
sections fro documenting them their work or to record the different
and various activities during the days of the special occasions when
they exercise the special rites,also the section of celebrations
making andsupervising the T.V. channels work and Internet section
which job was limited on receiving the e-mails and political reports
making.
14252004Two halls were opened in the western fence side; cultural
sections were opened including developing the Internet section which
designed the holy shrine's websiteand forming the publication section
which issues a monthly magazine and weekly newspaper and the visitor's
guide with many different paper editions.
14262005A video broadcasting system from the holy shrine on the
internet was opened for the religious and cultural activities of the
holy shrine; it was the first of its kind among all other holy shrines
in the world.
14262005Inaugurating the projectof building the second floor with
(4000) meters,it includes a big hall for the religious commemorations
and conferences, another one for the antiques museum and many
otherstudy halls and a researches centre related to the library and
the manuscripts room and many other managerial and technical rooms.
14262005Launching the project ofcovering the two minarets with gilded
copper bricks and it was at the expense of the shrine's earnings of
two years after the tyrant's fall, Iraqi teamwork has the lead in the
main technical works and an Indian workers working on the adhesion and
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