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==Burial Place== | ==Burial Place== | ||
According to historical sources, Ismail b. Jafar passed away in Urayd (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the [[Baqiʿ Cemetery]].<ref>Al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 209; Sirr al-Silsila al-ʿAlawiyya, p. 34; al-Majdī, p. 100.</ref> His grave was located in an area that became separated from the rest of | According to historical sources, Ismail b. Jafar passed away in Urayd (a village near Medina), but his body was brought to Medina and buried in the [[Baqiʿ Cemetery]].<ref>Al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 209; Sirr al-Silsila al-ʿAlawiyya, p. 34; al-Majdī, p. 100.</ref> His grave was located in an area that became separated from the rest of Baqiʿ when the city walls were extended, placing his shrine inside the walls of Medina (adjacent to the city wall) while the rest of the cemetery remained outside.<ref>Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 5, p. 117.</ref> | ||
==History of the Dome== | ==History of the Dome== | ||
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Later travelogues also mention the shrine of Ismail b. Jafar.<ref>See: “The Shrine of Ismail b. Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” pp. 56–59.</ref> For example, Ayyashi, a travel writer from the Levant in the 11th century, reports that Shia pilgrims, many of whom were part of the Iraqi caravan, made a point to visit the grave of Ismail.<ref>Al-Riḥla al-ʿAyyāshiyya, vol. 1, p. 381.</ref> A report from the early 13th century AH also mentions a well in the courtyard of the shrine attributed to Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), from which water was taken for the healing of the sick.<ref>Ḥālāt al-Ḥaramayn, in Fifty Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 256.</ref> | Later travelogues also mention the shrine of Ismail b. Jafar.<ref>See: “The Shrine of Ismail b. Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” pp. 56–59.</ref> For example, Ayyashi, a travel writer from the Levant in the 11th century, reports that Shia pilgrims, many of whom were part of the Iraqi caravan, made a point to visit the grave of Ismail.<ref>Al-Riḥla al-ʿAyyāshiyya, vol. 1, p. 381.</ref> A report from the early 13th century AH also mentions a well in the courtyard of the shrine attributed to Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), from which water was taken for the healing of the sick.<ref>Ḥālāt al-Ḥaramayn, in Fifty Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 256.</ref> | ||
[[File: مقبره اسماعیل بن جعفر2.jpg|600px|thumb|چپ| An aerial photograph of [[Medina]]. The shrine of [[Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar (a)]], adjacent to the city wall, is highlighted with a black frame on the right side of the image]]. | |||
==Destruction of the Dome== | ==Destruction of the Dome== | ||