Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
The Al-Kadhimiya Mosque is a shrine located in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq.
It contains the tombs of the Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (Arabic: موسى بن جعفر الكاظم) and the Imam Muhammad At-Taqi (Arabic: الإمام محمد التقي الجواد).
Also buried within this mosque are the famous historical scholars, Shaykh Mufid and Shaykh Nasir Ad-Din Tusi. Directly adjacent to the mosque are two smaller shrines, belonging to the brothers who compiled Nahjul Balagha - Shaykh Radhi and Shaykh Murtadha.
It contains the tombs of the Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (Arabic: موسى بن جعفر الكاظم) and the Imam Muhammad At-Taqi (Arabic: الإمام محمد التقي الجواد).
Also buried within this mosque are the famous historical scholars, Shaykh Mufid and Shaykh Nasir Ad-Din Tusi. Directly adjacent to the mosque are two smaller shrines, belonging to the brothers who compiled Nahjul Balagha - Shaykh Radhi and Shaykh Murtadha.
History Of Mosque
The present building dates back only to the beginning of the sixteenth century and has been kept in excellent repair. This building represents the restoration of Shah lsmail I (1502 - 24), though when the Turkish Sultan, Suleman the Great, captured Baghdad and remained there for four months in 1534, he visited this sacred place, and is said to have contributed to the further ornamentation of the Shrine at Kadhmayn. The tiles for the double cupola, however, were provided in 1796 by Shah Agha Muhammad Khan, who was the first of the Persian Kadjar dynasty. In 1870, Nasr Al-Din Shah had these golden tiles repaired on one of the domes and on the minarets. It is interesting that the dates of all these alterations are clearly indicated by inscriptions.
If we bear in mind that the Two Imams who are buried here died in the beginning of the eighth century, it will be evident that there are seven hundred years of the history of their tomb to account for, previous to the comparatively modern restoration of Shah Ismail I.
If we bear in mind that the Two Imams who are buried here died in the beginning of the eighth century, it will be evident that there are seven hundred years of the history of their tomb to account for, previous to the comparatively modern restoration of Shah Ismail I.