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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>   

In the year 1394 AH (1975 CE), during the construction of the western road of Baqīʿ, the area around the grave of Ismail was demolished, and rumors spread that his body was found intact.<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290.</ref> Some reports indicate that the body of Ismail ibn Jaʿfar (a) was moved inside the Baqīʿ Cemetery with the coordination of some Ismāʿīlī leaders<ref>Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.</ref> and marked.<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 290; Āthār Islāmī Makka wa Madīna, p. 348.</ref> The exact location of his burial is unclear due to differing descriptions and the loss of markers, but it is believed to be near the grave of [[Umm al-Banin]], near the graves of the [[Martyrs of Harra]], or about 10 meters from the grave of Halima al-Saʿdiyya at the end of Baqi.<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, p. 291.</ref>

==Destruction of the Dome==   

With the rise of the [[Wahhābī]] movement in the [[Arabian Peninsula]] and [[Medina]], the shrine of Ismāʿīl, like other mausoleums and domes, was demolished in 1344 AH. According to some later reports, a simple enclosure was constructed around the grave.<ref>Safar-nāma Makka, Ḥāj Sayyid Muḥammad Fāṭimī, in Fourteen Qājār-Era Hajj Travelogues, p. 996.</ref> It is said that the tomb was surrounded by plain walls without doors or windows, measuring 3x3 meters and 2.5 meters in height, located outside the [[Baqīʿ Cemetery]] at a distance of 15 meters west of its wall, directly opposite the graves of the Imāms (a).<ref>Tārīkh Ḥaram Aʾimmat al-Baqīʿ, pp. 289–290.</ref>