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The Cellar of Occultation is a small chamber measuring 2 by 1.5 meters, located underground and connected to the ground floor of the building by a staircase of twenty steps.

The Cellar of Occultation is a small chamber measuring 2 by 1.5 meters, located underground and connected to the ground floor of the building by a staircase of twenty steps. The ceiling and walls of the chamber are decorated with seven-color tiles from the era of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, and an inscription on these tiles recounts his visitation to this place in the year 1287 AH.<ref>Khāmeh-yār , "Maqām-hā-yi Ḥazrat Mahdī (ʿAjal Allāh Farajuh al-Sharīf) dar ʿIrāq.", p. 103.</ref>

The ceiling and walls of the chamber are decorated with seven-color tiles from the era of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, and an inscription on these tiles recounts his visitation to this place in the year 1287 AH.<ref>Khāmeh-yār , "Maqām-hā-yi Ḥazrat Mahdī (ʿAjal Allāh Farajuh al-Sharīf) dar ʿIrāq.", p. 103.</ref>

In this chamber, there was a very exquisite wooden door that bore inscriptions written in Naskh script. The door is lattice-designed and has two panels, and according to its inscriptions, it was made in the year 606 AH by order of the Abbasid caliph al-Nāsir li-Dīn Allah—who followed the Shia creed—and under the supervision of Abu Tamim Ma‘add ibn Husayn ibn Sa‘d al-Mūsawi (d. 617 AH).<ref>Ṣāḥibī, " Waqf-i Mīrāth-i Jāwidān. “Bāb Ghiybat dar Sāmarrā ", p. 86.</ref>

This door is no longer in the cellar and, according to a report, it is kept in the storage of the shrine of the Two Askari Imams.<ref></ref>

This door is no longer in the cellar and, according to a report, it is kept in the storage of the shrine of the Two Askari Imams.<ref></ref> Around the chamber, there is also a band inscription in Kufic script containing salutations upon the Fourteen Infallibles.

Around the chamber, there is also a band inscription in Kufic script containing salutations upon the Fourteen Infallibles.

This historical artifact was seriously damaged during one of the terrorist explosions that occurred at the sacred shrine in Samarra; its main part was destroyed, and today only its border remains.<ref>Khāmeh-yār , "Maqām-hā-yi Ḥazrat Mahdī (ʿAjal Allāh Farajuh al-Sharīf) dar ʿIrāq.", p. 103.</ref>

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-The Cellar of Occultation is a small chamber measuring 2 by 1.5 meters, located underground and connected to the ground floor of the building by a staircase of twenty steps.
+The Cellar of Occultation is a small chamber measuring 2 by 1.5 meters, located underground and connected to the ground floor of the building by a staircase of twenty steps. The ceiling and walls of the chamber are decorated with seven-color tiles from the era of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, and an inscription on these tiles recounts his visitation to this place in the year 1287 AH.<ref>Khāmeh-yār , "Maqām-hā-yi Ḥazrat Mahdī (ʿAjal Allāh Farajuh al-Sharīf) dar ʿIrāq.", p. 103.</ref>
-The ceiling and walls of the chamber are decorated with seven-color tiles from the era of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, and an inscription on these tiles recounts his visitation to this place in the year 1287 AH.<ref>Khāmeh-yār , "Maqām-hā-yi Ḥazrat Mahdī (ʿAjal Allāh Farajuh al-Sharīf) dar ʿIrāq.", p. 103.</ref>
 In this chamber, there was a very exquisite wooden door that bore inscriptions written in Naskh script. The door is lattice-designed and has two panels, and according to its inscriptions, it was made in the year 606 AH by order of the Abbasid caliph al-Nāsir li-Dīn Allah—who followed the Shia creed—and under the supervision of Abu Tamim Ma‘add ibn Husayn ibn Sa‘d al-Mūsawi (d. 617 AH).<ref>Ṣāḥibī, " Waqf-i Mīrāth-i Jāwidān. “Bāb Ghiybat dar Sāmarrā ", p. 86.</ref>
-This door is no longer in the cellar and, according to a report, it is kept in the storage of the shrine of the Two Askari Imams.<ref></ref>
+This door is no longer in the cellar and, according to a report, it is kept in the storage of the shrine of the Two Askari Imams.<ref></ref> Around the chamber, there is also a band inscription in Kufic script containing salutations upon the Fourteen Infallibles.
-Around the chamber, there is also a band inscription in Kufic script containing salutations upon the Fourteen Infallibles.
 This historical artifact was seriously damaged during one of the terrorist explosions that occurred at the sacred shrine in Samarra; its main part was destroyed, and today only its border remains.<ref>Khāmeh-yār , "Maqām-hā-yi Ḥazrat Mahdī (ʿAjal Allāh Farajuh al-Sharīf) dar ʿIrāq.", p. 103.</ref>