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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| | [[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== | ||
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 Baqiʿ Cemetery, about 15 meters from its wall, to the west and facing the graves of the Imams (a).<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 Baqiʿ Cemetery, about 15 meters from its wall, to the west and facing the graves of the Imams (a).<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, pp. 289–290.</ref> | ||