Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine

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Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine
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The shrine in 2011
Religion
Affiliation Twelver Shi'a
Province Nineveh Governorate
Location
Location Tal Afar, Iraq
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Shown within Iraq
Geographic coordinates 36°22′20″N42°27′02″E / 36.3721342°N 42.4505141°E / 36.3721342; 42.4505141
Architecture
Completed1142

The Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine (Arabic: ) is located at Tal Afar, Iraq. The 12th-century shrine contains the tomb of Saad ibn Aqil, a descendant of Aqeel ibn Abi Talib and the governor of Upper Mesopotamia. [1] [2]

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History

The shrine was established by Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mansour al-Amadi, known as Jamal al-Din, in the year 1142.

2014 destruction

The shrine was detonated in 2014, by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [3] According to the militants, the place had become a temple for the worship of Husayn ibn Ali, second Imam of the Ahlulbayt. [4] 32 other buildings, including mosques, shrines and Hussainiyahs, were destroyed as well. [5]

2019 reconstruction

After the terrorists had left the city, the Imam Saad bin Aqil' shrine was rebuilt, along with several other Shi'ite shrines in Tal Afar. [6]

See also

List of mosques in Iraq

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