|
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. |