| AH |
CE |
Events |
| 61 |
1 Oct 680 |
Imam Hussain (A) was buried
at this sacred spot. |
| 65 |
18 Aug 684 |
Mukhtar ibn Abu Obaidah Thaqafi
built an enclosure around the grave, in the form
of a mosque and erected a dome over the grave. There
were two entrances to this building. |
| 132 |
12 Aug 749 |
A roof was built over a part
of this mosque and two entrances were added during
the reign of as-Saffah. |
| 140 |
31 Mar 763 |
The roof was demolished during
the reign of al-Mansur. |
| 158 |
11 Nov 774 |
During the reign of Mahdi the
roof was reconstructed. |
| 171 |
22 Jun 787 |
During the reign of Al-Rashid
the dome and the roof were demolished and the plum
tree which stood near the grave was cut down. |
| 193 |
25 Oct 808 |
During the reign of Amin the
building was reconstructed. |
| 236 |
15 Jul 850 |
Mutawakkil demolished the buildings
and ordered that the land should be ploughed. |
| 247 |
17 Mar 861 |
Muntasir built a roof over the
grave and set up an iron pillar near it, to serve
as a landmark for the pilgrims. |
| 273 |
8 Jun 886 |
The roof was demolished again. |
| 280 |
23 Mar 893 |
The Alid representative built
a dome in the centre, with two roofs, on either
side and an enclosure with two entrances. |
| 307 |
19 Aug 977 |
Adzd ibn Boweih rebuilt the
dome, the surrounding galleries and constructed
a screen of teak wood around the sepulchre. He also
constructed houses all round the shrine and erected
the boundary wall of the city. At the same time
Imran ibn Shahin built a mosque adjacent to the
tomb. |
| 407 |
10 Jun 1016 |
The buildings were damaged by
fire and the Vizier, Al-Hasan ibn al Fadi rebuilt
them. |
| 620 |
4 Feb 1223 |
Nasir le-din-Illah reconstructed
the screens of the sepulchre. |
| 757 |
18 Sep 1365 |
Sultan Owais ibn Hasan Jalairi
remodelled the dome and raised the walls of the
enclosure. |
| 780 |
24 Feb 1384 |
Ahmad ibn Owais erected two
minarets covered with gold and extended the courtyard. |
| 920 |
26 Feb 1514 |
When Shah Ismail Safawi visited
the holy shrine he built a sacrophagus of the inlaid
work over the grave. |
| 1032 |
5 Nov 1622 |
Shah Abbas Safavi constructed
the screens (darih) of brass and bronze and decorated
the dome with Kashi tiles. |
| 1048 |
15 May 1638 |
Sultan Murad IV, when he visited
the holy shrine, whitewashed the dome. |
| 1155 |
8 Mar 1742 |
Nadir Shah visited the holy
shrine and decorated the building and offered valuable
presents to the treasury of the shrine. |
| 1211 |
7 Jul 1796 |
Shah Muhammad Qachar covered
the dome of the shrine with gold. |
| 1216 |
14 May 1801 |
Wahhabis attacked Kerbala, spoiled
the screens and portico and looted the shrine. |
| 1232 |
21 Nov 1817 |
Fateh Ali Shah Qachar repaired
the screens and plated them with silver. He also
plated the centre of the main portico with gold
and repaired the damage done by the Wahhabi robbers. |
| 1283 |
16 May 1866 |
Nasiruddin Shah Qachar extended
the courtyard of the shrine. |
| 1358 |
21 Feb 1939 |
Dr. Syedna Taher Saifud-din,
51st Dai-el-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community
offered a set of screens of solid silver which are
fixed in the shrine. |
| 1360 |
29 Jan 1941 |
Dr. Syedna Taher Saifud-din,
5lst Dai-el-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community
rebuilt the western minaret. |
| 1367 |
20 Dec 1948 |
Syed Abdul Rasul Khalsi, Administrator
of Karbala acquired the houses in the neighbourhood
of the courtyard according to the price fixed by
the government, to build a road around the holy
mausoleum and to extend the courtyard. |
