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The Kadhimiya shrine of Baghdad, raised over the graves of the imams Musa al-Kazim and Muhammad al-Jawad. Ibn Quluwayh's Kamil al-Ziyarat locates the grave 'in al-Kadhimiya in the noble riwaq' and dedicates a chapter to the visitation of al-Kazim and al-Jawad with its invocations and order ¹.

The city of Kadhimiya grew around the shrine into Baghdad's northern district and one of its scholarly centers.

Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala

The shrine of Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala, over the place of his killing in 61 AH; Ibn Kathir records his death there on Ashura, and the shrine became a major pilgrimage centre for the Twelver Shi'a. The Mawsu'at al-Atabat records its building: Adud al-Dawla the Buyid built over the grave, Malik Shah restored the enclosure in 479, and the standing structure is essentially Sultan Uways the Jalayirid's 767 work completed by his sons Husayn and Ahmad in 786; Ismail the Safavid gilded the grave's surrounds and gifted twelve gold lamps in 914, Murad IV ordered the dome, and Fath Ali Shah renewed the shrine, replated it in gold and built the Husayn and Abbas domes in 1227 and 1250 — the dome rising 27 m, plated in gold.

Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Kazimayn shrine)

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Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala