Fatima Masumeh Shrine
Fatima Masumeh Shrine | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Twelver Shi'ite Islam |
Location | |
Location | Qom, Iran |
Geographic coordinates | 34°38′30″N 50°52′44″E / 34.6417°N 50.8790°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Iranian |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 3 |
Minaret(s) | 6 |
Website | |
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The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh (Persian: حرم فاطمه معصومه translit. haram-e fateme-ye masumeh) is located in Qom, which is considered by Twelver Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad.
Specifications
The mosque consists of a burial chamber, three courtyards and three large prayer halls, totalling an area of 38,000 m2 (410,000 sq ft). The three prayer halls are named: Tabātabā'ī, Bālā Sar, and A‘dham.[2][3]
Ziyarah
Though Shi'i theology formally states that the relatives of the Imams, or
Fatima Masumeh's Shrine in Qom is crowded every day of the year with Shi'i men, women, and children from all around the world. Some stay for hours or days praying at the mosque and circumambulating her tomb. The economy of Qom has become reliant on this pilgrimage for the tourism it brings.[6] In turn, Qom has remained conservative and traditional to maintain a pious environment for pilgrims.[7] Many miracles have been recorded as taking place at this shrine, and they are documented in a special office within the shrine complex. Some are published in the shrines monthly newspaper, the Payam-e Astan.[2]
Pilgrims at the Shrine of Fatima Masumeh follow rituals that have been passed down for centuries. Imam Ali al-Rida, Fatimah's brother, outlined these ritual acts as he described the way he visited her Shrine. The prayer Imam al-Rida dictated to his sister continues to be part of the pilgrimage.[4] Since the Safavid period, additional rituals have been added that are now typical for many Shi'i pilgrimages including ritual washing beforehand, dressing in perfumed clothing, and entering the site with one's right foot.[4]
History
Early
Since the beginning of Qom's history in the 7th century, the city has been associated with Shi'ism and set apart from the Sunni caliphate.[4] Many Shi'i hadiths referred to Qom as a "place of refuge for believers," calling it a deeply religious place. After Fatima Masumeh's death in Qom and the construction of her Shrine, scholars began to gather in Qom and the city gained its reputation for religious learning. Today, Qom is still noted for its religious seminaries and organizations.[2]
Fatima Masumeh died in Qom in 816 (201 AH) as she travelled to join her brother, Imam Ali al-Rida in Khorasan.[2] The caravan she travelled in was attacked in Saveh by the Abbasid Sunnis, and 23 of Fatima Masumeh's family and friends were killed (Jaffer). Fatima Masumeh was then poisoned by a woman from the Sunni enemies, fell ill, and asked to be taken to Qom, where she died.[2] Fatima Masumeh's host in Qom buried her in his plot of land.[4]
The style of Fatima Masumeh's Shrine has developed over many centuries.
Safavid period
In 1519,
Modern
From 1795–1796, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar converted two Safavid sahn or courtyards into one large courtyard and, in 1803, fixed the golden dome. In 1883, Amin al-Sultan added the new sahn e-jadid or "New Court" to the Shrine complex.[8]
During
Notable burials
- Musa al-Kadhim
Royalty
Safavid Family
- Khayr al-Nisa Begum (1549–1579)
- Shah Safi (1611–1642) (r. 1629–42)
- Shah Abbas II (1632–1666) (r. 1642–66)
- Shah Suleiman I (1647–1694) (r. 1666–94)
- Sultan Husayn(1668–1726) (r. 1694–1722)
- Shah Abbas III (d. 1739) (r. 1732–36)
Qajar Family
- Qahraman Mirza (fa) (d. 1840) – Qajar prince
- Fath-Ali Shah (1772–1834) (r. 1797–1834)
- Mohammad Shah (1808–1848) (r. 1834–48)
- Galin Khanom (fa) (d. 1857) – Qajar princess
- Malek Jahan Khanom(1805–1873) – Qajar Queen
- Fakhr od-Dowleh (it) (1861–1893) – Qajar princess
- Afsar od-Dowleh (fa) (1859–1901) – Qajar princess
- Ali-Naghi Mirza (fa) (1860–1917) – Qajar prince
- Malek-Mansour Mirza(1880–1922) – Qajar prince
- Abdolsamad Mirza (fa) (1845–1929) – Qajar prince
- Kamran Mirza (1856–1929) – Qajar prince and governor of Tehran
Political figures
- Hassan Khan Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Ashtiani (fa) (1781–1845) – politician
- Manouchehr Khan GorjiMo'tamed od-Dowleh (d. 1847) – politician
- Ali Khan Hajeb od-Dowleh (fa) (d. 1867) – politician
- Anoushirvan Khan Etezad od-Dowleh (d. 1868) – politician
- Farrokh Khan Amin od-Dowleh (1812–1871) – Persian ambassador to France and Great Britain
- Asadollah Nazem od-Dowleh (fa) (d. 1900) – politician
- Ali-Asghar KhanAmin os-Sultan (1843–1907) – prime minister (1887–96) and (1907)
- Mohammad-Baqer Khan Saad os-Saltaneh (d. 1907) – politician
- Ebrahim Motamed os-Saltaneh (fa) (d. 1917) – politician
- Ahmad Khan Moshir os-Saltaneh (1844–1919) – prime minister (1907–08)
- Mohammad Eqbal od-Dowleh (fa) (1848–1924) – politician
- Yahya Diba Nazem od-Dowleh (fa) (1886–1940) – politician
- Hassan VosoughVosough od-Dowleh (1873–1950) – prime minister (1909–10, 1911 and 1916–17)
- Abdollah Vosough Motamed os-Saltaneh (fa) (1884–1952) – politician
- Ahmad Qavam Qavam os-Saltaneh (1876–1955) – prime minister (1921, 1922–23, 1942–43, 1946–47 and 1952)
- Faramarz Asadi (1869–1969) – politician
- Majles(1928–35)
- Mohammad-Vali Gharani (1913–1979) – army general
- Fadayan-e Islam
- Mehdi Bazargan (1907–1995) – prime minister (1979)
Scholars
- Aghabeyim Javanshir(1780–1832) – poet
- Yusef Etesami Ashtiani(1874–1938) – writer and translator
- Parvin Etesami (1907–1941) – poet
- Mohammad Meshkat (fa) (1900–1980) – scholar
- Ali Davani (1929–2007) – author
Clerics
- Qotbeddin Ravandi (fa) (d. 1177) – medieval cleric
- Fazlollah Nouri(1843–1909) – cleric
- Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi(1859–1937) – cleric
- Mehdi Ashtiani (1888–1952) – cleric
- Mohammad-Taghi Khansari (fa) (1888–1952) – cleric
- Sadreddin Sadr (1882–1954) – cleric
- Hossein Borujerdi(1875–1961) – cleric
- Soltan ol-Vaezin Shirazi (1894–1971) – cleric
- Morteza Motahhari (1920–1979) – cleric
- Mohammad Mofatteh (1928–1979) – cleric
- Mohammad-Hossein Tabatabaei(1904–1981) – cleric
- Asadollah Madani (1914–1981) – cleric
- Ali Qoddusi(1927–1981) – cleric
- Mohammad Montazeri (1944–1981) – cleric
- Khalil Kamarei (1898–1984) – cleric
- Reza Zanjani (1902–1984) – cleric
- Ahmad Khonsari (1887–1985) – cleric
- Morteza Haeri Yazdi (1916–1986) – cleric
- Shahabeddin Marashi Najafi(1897–1990) – cleric
- Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani (1898–1993) – cleric
- Hashem Amoli (1899–1993) – cleric
- Mohammad-Ali Araki (1894–1994) – cleric
- Mohammad-Jafar Moravej(1902–1999) – cleric
- Ahmad Azari Qomi (1925–1999) – cleric
- Mohammad Shirazi (1928–2001) – cleric
- Esmail Mousavi Zanjani (1928–2002) – cleric
- Eichmannof Iran")
- Mohammad Vaez Abaee Khorasani (1940–2004) – cleric
- Javad Tabrizi (1926-2006) – cleric
- Ali Meshkini (1921–2007) – cleric and chairman of Assembly of Experts (1983–2007)
- Mohammad Fazel Lankarani (1931-2007) – cleric
- Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani (1923-2008) – cleric
- Mohammad-Taqi Behjat Fumani (1913–2009) – cleric
- Hossein-Ali Montazeri (1922–2009) – cleric
- Mohammad Mofti al-Shia Mousavi (1928–2010) – cleric
- Abbas Hosseini Kashani (1931–2010) – cleric
- Mohammad-Hassan Ahmadi Faqih (1951–2010) – cleric
- Yousef Madani Tabrizi (1928–2013) – cleric
- Moslem Malakouti (1924–2014) – cleric
- Abdol-Karim Mousavi Ardabili (1926–2016) – cleric and chief justice (1981–89)
- Ahmad Ahmadi (1933–2018) – cleric
- Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948–2018) – cleric and chief justice (1999–2009)
- Nasrallah Shah-Abadi (1930-2018) – cleric
- Mohammad Hossaini Shahroudi(1925–2019) – cleric
- Qorban-Ali Mohaqeq Kaboli (1927–2019) – cleric
- Mohammad Momen (1938–2019) – cleric
- Ebrahim Amini (1925–2020) – cleric
- Mohammad Yazdi (1931–2020) - cleric and chief justice (1989–1999)
- Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi(1935–2021) - cleric
See also
- Holiest sites in Islam (Shia)
- Imām Ridhā Mosque
- Shāh Abdol Azīm Mosque
- Iranian architecture
- Islamic architecture
- Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi, the shrine trustee
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Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh, sister of Imam Reza, one of Iran's holiest places, is in Qom.
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