Sheikhan cemetery

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Sheikhan cemetery
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Sheikhan cemetery
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EstablishedMore than a thousand years ago
Location
Qom, Qom Province
CountryIran
Coordinates 34°38′33.5″N50°52′53.7″E / 34.642639°N 50.881583°E / 34.642639; 50.881583
TypePublic, Muslim, Veterans, Historic, National
StyleArchitectural, Artistic and Cultural style

Sheikhan cemetery (means scholars cemetery) is the second historical cemetery in the Islamic world and one of the oldest cemeteries in Qom, Qom Province, Iran which is located near the Fatima Masumeh Shrine. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The cemetery dates back over a thousand years. [7]

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This cemetery is currently the burial place of some Shiite scholars such as Zakaria ibn Idris Ash'ari Qomi, [8] [9] Zakaria ibn Adam Ash'ari Qomi, [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Mirza-ye Qomi, [15] [16] [17] Mohammad Ali Modarres Khiabani [18] [19] and Mahmoud Ansari Qomi, [20] as well as those killed during the Iranian Revolution (1979) and Iranian soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq war. [21]

The eight victims of the June 28, 1981 terrorist attack in Tehran, Iran, along with their families, as well as Dr. Mohammad Gharib (father of Pediatrics in Iran) are buried in this cemetery. Also, Mirza Jawad Maleki Tabrizi, the famous Faqīh and Mysticism [22] [23] [24] as well as Fakhr al-Sadat Borghei, one of the victims of the Chain murders of Iran, [25] [26] [27] are buried in this cemetery. [28] [29]

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