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According to historical sources, Ismail ibn 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 Baqīʿ 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> | According to historical sources, Ismail ibn 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 Baqīʿ 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== | ||
The grave of Ismail ibn | The grave of Ismail ibn Jafar had a dome during certain periods of history. It is said that the dome and shrine were built during the rule of the [[Fatimids]] in [[Egypt]] (302–564 AH). A description from the 8th century AH indicates that at that time, the grave of Ismail was a shrine with a large white dome located west of [[The dome of ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib|the dome of ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib]] and adjacent to the wall of [[Medina]]. According to the same report, the shrine was built on land that was previously the house of [[Imam Zayn al-ʿAbidin]] (a), and at that time, there was an abandoned mosque and a well next to the shrine.<ref>Al-Taʿrīf bimā ansat al-hijra, p. 121.</ref> | ||
Samhudi, a historian of Medina in the second half of the 9th century, mentions two inscriptions at the shrine of Ismail. These inscriptions indicated that the structure was built by Husayn ibn Abi al-Hayjaʾ (an envoy of the Fatimid government) in the year 546 AH, and the same individual had also endowed a garden located to the west of the shrine to Ismail’s mausoleum.<ref>Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 3, p. 306.</ref> | Samhudi, a historian of Medina in the second half of the 9th century, mentions two inscriptions at the shrine of Ismail. These inscriptions indicated that the structure was built by Husayn ibn Abi al-Hayjaʾ (an envoy of the Fatimid government) in the year 546 AH, and the same individual had also endowed a garden located to the west of the shrine to Ismail’s mausoleum.<ref>Wafāʾ al-Wafā, vol. 3, p. 306.</ref> | ||
Later travelogues also mention the shrine of Ismail ibn Jafar.<ref>See: “The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar in Baqīʿ and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” pp. 56–59.</ref> For example, | Later travelogues also mention the shrine of Ismail ibn Jafar.<ref>See: “The Shrine of Ismāʿīl ibn 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.s.), 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> | ||
==Destruction of the Dome== | ==Destruction of the Dome== | ||
With the rise of the Wahhabis in the Arabian Peninsula and Medina, the shrine of Ismail, like other tombs and shrines, was destroyed in the year 1344 AH. According to some later reports, a simple wall was built around the grave.<ref>Travelogue of Ḥājj Sayyid Muḥammad Fāṭimī, in Fourteen Other Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 996.</ref> It is said that his shrine was surrounded by walls without doors or windows, measuring three by three meters and two and a half meters in height, located outside the Baqīʿ Cemetery, about 15 meters from its wall, to the west and facing the graves of the Imams (a.s.).<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, pp. 289–290.</ref> | With the rise of the Wahhabis in the Arabian Peninsula and Medina, the shrine of Ismail, like other tombs and shrines, was destroyed in the year 1344 AH. According to some later reports, a simple wall was built around the grave.<ref>Travelogue of Ḥājj Sayyid Muḥammad Fāṭimī, in Fourteen Other Hajj Travelogues from the Qajar Era, p. 996.</ref> It is said that his shrine was surrounded by walls without doors or windows, measuring three by three meters and two and a half meters in height, located outside the Baqīʿ Cemetery, about 15 meters from its wall, to the west and facing the graves of the Imams (a.s.).<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, pp. 289–290.</ref> | ||