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The Tomb

*This Checklist includes 52 catalog entries divided into 5 sections. Please click on any thumbnail to enter the catalog entry and scroll through the list.

  • 1
    Zarih (screen) of the tomb of Emam Reza
    Museums of the Holy Shrine, Mashhad, Iran
  • 2
    Zarihs (screens) endowed by Fath ʿAli Shah
    Many shrines: Karbala, Kazemayn, Qom, Shiraz, Rey
  • 3
    Door endowed by Fath ʿAli Shah to the zarih (screen) of Emam Reza
    Tomb of Emam Reza, Shrine of Emam Reza, Mashhad, Iran
  • 4
    Panel of a screen of the tomb of Emamzadeh Yahya
    Storage, Emamzadeh Yahya, Varamin, Iran
  • 5
    Current zarih (screen) of Emamzadeh Yahya and the objects inside
    Emamzadeh Yahya, Varamin, Iran
  • 6
    Flowers
    Most Iranian emamzadehs and shrines
  • 7
    Tomb covers (qabr-push)
    Many emamzadehs and shrines: Varamin, Ardabil, Mahan, Mashhad
  • 8
    Kufic Qur’an manuscript endowed to the tomb of Emam Reza
    Library of the Holy Shrine, Mashhad, Iran
  • 9
    Base of a candlestick endowed to the tomb of Emam Musa at Kazemayn
    Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
  • 10
    Tombstone of Fath ʿAli Shah for his tomb at Qom
    Museum of the Holy Shrine, Qom, Iran
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