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Tomb of Umm Kulthum, sister of Imam Husayn [a]. Buried
opposite Ruqaya at Bab Saghir cemetery (Damascus)
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The tomb of Rukaya, daughter of Imam Husayn [a] at
Bab Saghir cemetery (Damascus). The actual tomb is accessible underground
through a flight of stairs (see next picture)
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The 'darih' in which lies the grave of Zaynab bint
Ali [a] - Damascus (side view) |
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The 'darih' in which lies the grave of Zaynab bint
Ali [a] - Damascus (front view)
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Entrance to the mausoleum of Zaynab bint Ali [a] -
Damascus
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Entrance to the mausoleum of Zaynab bint Ali [a] -
Damascus |
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Side view showing the complete mausoleum of Sayyida
Zaynab [a], daughter of Imam Ali [a] - Damascus
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Courtyard of Jaami al-Amawi (Umayad Mosque) - Damascus
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Maqam Ra's al-Husayn. Place where Imam Husayn's [a]
head is said to have been buried. Umayad mosque (Jaami al-Amawi)
- Damascus |
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Often mistaken as the tomb of Husayn's [a] daughter
Sakina, this is actually Rukaya's. The other shrine in the bazaar
(where the Prison of the Ahlul Bayt is found) is often called Rukaya's
tomb when infact that is Sakina's
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Maqam Shuhada Karbala. The heads of several martyrs
of Karbala are buried here. Bab Saghir, Damascus
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Pulpit in Umayad mosque from where Imam Ali Zaynul
Abidin [a] (in captivity) addressed the public before Yazid |
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Shrine of Prophet Yahya [a] inside Jaami al-Amawi.
(shrine is in the centre with a green dome)
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Shrine of Prophet Yahya [a] inside Jaami al-Amawi.
(shrine is in the centre with a green dome)
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