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    Imam Reza shrine (Persian: حرم امام رضا, romanized: Haram-e Emâm Rezâ, lit. 'Sanctuary of Imam Reza'), located in Mashhad, Iran, is an Islamic shrine...
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    going to visit Imam Reza shrine on the day of the bombing. 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing Imam Reza shrine stabbings Other...
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    al-Sadiq Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran is the third holiest site for Shia Muslims, which contains the tomb of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Shia imam. Ali...
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    On 5 April 2022, a stabbing attack took place at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, killing two Shia clerics and wounding a third. The perpetrator...
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    the Imam Reza shrine, where the eighth Shia Imam, Ali al-Rida, is buried. The Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid is also buried within the same shrine. The...
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    Ali al-Rida (redirect from Imam Reza)
    Ravazi The eighth Imam Ali Ibn Musa, al-Reza Imam Ali ar-Rida Imam Ali Raza A glance at the biography of Emam Reza Imam Rida shrine – Live Broadcast Archived...
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    Shia Imams: Hasan ibn Ali, Ali ibn Husayn, Muhammad al-Baqir, and Jafar al-Sadiq. The cemetery is a revered site for Shia Muslims. Imam Reza shrine, located...
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  • Astan Quds Razavi (category Imam Reza shrine)
    Mashhad, Iran. It is the administrative organization which manages the Imam Reza shrine and various institutions which belong to the organization. The administrative...
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    mammoth mosque will be the second-largest mosque in the world after the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, and it will have the world's biggest Iwan when completed...
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  • pilgrims saw large numbers of other Iranians at the shrines of Ali and Hussain, the first and third Shia Imams. Aseel Kami (February 11, 2012). "'We decided...
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    Aviation Administration, who warned individual airlines. After the Iranian shrine bombing, Yousef soon began planning the Bojinka plot. It included plans...
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    Astan Quds Razavi (AQR), a charitable foundation which manages the Imam Reza shrine. The stadium is located in the eastern side of the 2,000-hectare (7...
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  • the westernizing and secularist policies of Reza Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty erupted in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran. The incident is described...
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  • creating endowments. The shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, the only tomb of Shia imams in Iran, was the most important religious shrine and the Safavids' focus...
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    the site of the Imam Reza shrine. It is the centre of tourism in Iran and between 15 and 20 million pilgrims go to Imam Reza's shrine every year. The...
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    Ebrahim Raisi (category Academic staff of Imam Sadiq University)
    Raisi was the son-in-law of Mashhad Friday prayer leader and Grand Imam of Imam Reza shrine, Ahmad Alamolhoda. He began his clerical studies at age 15. In...
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    Khamenei died on 5 July 1986. He was buried at the portico, behind Imam Reza Shrine, next to Dar-al-Feiz. Iran portal Shia Islam portal Biography portal...
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    Goharshad Mosque (category Imam Reza shrine)
    Province, Iran, which now serves as one of the prayer halls within the Imam Reza shrine complex. It was built by the order of Empress Goharshad, the wife of...
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  • unidentified anti-Shia extremists (2010 Chabahar suicide bombing, 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion), Islamist enemies of the Islamic Republic, possibly...
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    activities with a reported $10 billion in assets (2003). Astan Quds Razavi (Imam Reza shrine Foundation), with $15 billion in assets (2003). NAJA Cooperation Bonyad...
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    of Ashura, lamentation of the death of Hussein, visiting shrines like the Imam Reza shrine in Mashad, were important part of popular Shia piety. Iranian...
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    mid-1930s, Reza Shah's rule had caused intense dissatisfaction of the Shia clergy throughout Iran. In 1935, a rebellion erupted in the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad...
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    visit the Shrine and pay tribute to Imām 'Alī. The shrine monument has been built and rebuilt numerous times throughout history the current shrine dates back...
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    Mosque of Zanjan Imam Reza shrine Fatima Masumeh Shrine Shah Abdol-Azim shrine Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine Tomb of Daniel Tomb...
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    Imam (/ɪˈmɑːm/, Arabic: إمام, imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of...
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    the Great, and entered Mashhad on May 14 by foot as a pilgrim to the Imam Reza shrine, whilst being teary eyed and kissing the ground. His pilgrimage continued...
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    Muhammad Akbar (Mughal prince) (category Burials at Imam Reza Shrine)
    Mirza Muhammad Akbar (11 September 1657 – 31 March 1706) was a Mughal prince and the fourth son of Emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort Dilras Banu...
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  • Twelvers the lineage of Imams are known as the Twelve Imams. Of these Imams, only one is buried in Iran – at the Imam Reza shrine, for Ali ar-Ridha who...
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  • mosques, madrassas, and libraries. Imam Reza's shrine is considered the holiest. In addition to the usual shrine accoutrements, it comprises hospitals...
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    Mohammad Hadi al-Milani (category Burials at Imam Reza Shrine)
    seminary and the Imam of the Goharshad mosque inside the shrine. Al-Milani founded numerous Islamic schools, such as the Haqqani Seminary and Imam al-Sadiq Seminary...
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