AH |
CE |
Events |
61 |
lst October, 680 |
Imam Husayn [a] was buried at this sacred spot. |
65 |
18th August, 684 |
Mukhtar ibn Abu Obaidah Thaqafi built an enclosure around the grave, in the form of a mosque and erected a dome over the grave. There were two entrances to this building. |
132 |
12th August, 749 |
A roof was built over a part of this mosque and two entrances were added during the reign of as-Saffah. |
140 |
31st March, 763 |
The roof was demolished during the reign of al-Mansur. |
158 |
11th November, 774 |
During the reign of Mahdi the roof was reconstructed. |
171 |
22nd June, 787 |
During the reign of Al-Rashid the dome and the roof were demolished and the plum tree which stood near the grave was cut down. |
193 |
25th October, 808 |
During the reign of Amin the building was reconstructed. |
236 |
15th July, 850 |
Mutawakkil demolished the buildings and ordered that the land should be ploughed. |
247 |
17th March, 861 |
Muntasir built a roof over the grave and set up an iron pillar near it, to serve as a landmark for the pilgrims. |
273 |
8th June, 886 |
The roof was demolished again. |
280 |
23rd March, 893 |
The Alid representative built a dome in the centre, with two roofs, on either side and an enclosure with two entrances. |
307 |
19th August, 977 |
Adzd ibn Boweih rebuilt the dome, the surrounding galleries and constructed a screen of 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. |
407 |
10th June, 1016 |
The buildings were damaged by fire and the Vizier, Al-Hasan ibn al Fadi rebuilt them. |
620 |
4th February, 1223 |
Nasir le-din-Illah reconstructed the screens of the sepulchre. |
757 |
18th Sept. 1365 |
Sultan Owais ibn Hasan Jalairi remodelled the dome and raised the walls of the enclosure. |
780 |
24th Feb. 1384 |
Ahmad ibn Owais erected two minarets covered with gold and extended the courtyard. |
920 |
26th Feb. 1514 |
When Shah Ismail Safawi visited the holy shrine he built a sacrophagus of the inlaid work over the grave. |
1032 |
5th Nov. 1622 |
Shah Abbas Safavi constructed the screens (darih) of brass and bronze and decorated the dome with Kashi tiles. |
1048 |
15th May 1638 |
Sultan Murad IV, when he visited the holy shrine, whitewashed the dome. |
1155 |
8th March 1742 |
Nadir Shah visited the holy shrine and decorated the building and offered valuable presents to the treasury of the shrine. |
1211 |
7th July 1796 |
Shah Muhammad Qachar covered the dome of the shrine with gold. |
1216 |
14th May, 1801 |
Wahhabis attacked Kerbala, spoiled the screens and portico and looted the shrine. |
1232 |
21st Nov., 1817 |
Fateh Ali Shah Qachar repaired the screens and plated them with silver. He also plated the centre of the main portico with gold and repaired the damage done by the Wahhabi robbers. |
1283 |
16th May, 1866 |
Nasiruddin Shah Qachar extended the courtyard of the shrine. |
1358 |
21st February, 1939 |
Dr. Syedna 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. |
1360 |
29th January, 1941 |
Dr. Syedna Taher Saifud-din, 5lst Dai-el-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community rebuilt the western minaret. |
1367 |
20th Dec., 1948 |
Syed 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. |
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