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==Location and Term==
==Location and Term==


The word sardāb (formed from sard “cold” and āb “water”) means a place where water becomes cold, and it refers to a space built underground where people would reside during the summer.<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 39.</ref>
The word sardāb (formed from sard “cold” and āb “water”) means a place where water becomes cold, and it refers to a space built underground where people would reside during the summer.<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 39.</ref>It has been said that this place was a part of the house of Imam al-‘Askari(a)<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 40.</ref>
 
It has been said that this place was a part of the house of Imam al-‘Askari(a)<ref>Sardāb al-Muqaddas bi-Sāmarrā wa ʾĀdāb Ziyāratihi" ,p. 40.</ref>


==The Connection of the Cellar with the Occultation of the Imam==
==The Connection of the Cellar with the Occultation of the Imam==