Imamzadeh Saleh, Shemiran

Imamzadeh Saleh (Persian: امامزاده صالح, romanized: Imāmzādeh Ṣāleh) is a imamzadeh mosque in Iran. The mosque is located at Tajrish Square in Tehran's northern Shemiran district. The mosque entombs the remains of Saleh, a son of the Twelver Shia Imam, Musa al-Kazim, and is one of the most popular Shia shrines in northern Tehran.^[1][2][3]

Imāmzādeh Sāleh امامزاده صالح
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Province	Tehran Province
Location
Location	Shemiran, Iran
Municipality	Shemiranat County
Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates	35°48′18.43″N 51°25′47.4″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque

Design

The main mausoleum building includes a large rectangular building with thick walls and solid inner space of almost 5.6 square meters.^[4][5]

Silver enshrines the eastern and northeastern and western sides, decorated with silver and wood lattice south side of the endowment of the late Mirza Saeed Khan foreign minister for the late Qajar.^[6]

History

In 700 AH Imam Zadeh Saleh an inscription appears in the repair and alteration of entries according to which the Kingdom of Ghazan Khan was at the same time.

In 1210 AH and the name of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar has been engraved on it.^[7]

Notable burials

• Mirza Nasrollah Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (1840–1907), prime minister (1906–07)^[8]
• Hassan Pirnia Moshir od-Dowleh (1871–1935), scholar and prime minister (1918–20), (1922) and (1923)
• Hossein Pirnia Mo'tamen ol-Molk (1874–1946), speaker of the Majles (1914–25) and (1927–28)
• Mohammad Tadayyon (1881–1951), statesman
• Majid Shahriari (1966–2010), engineer
• Masoumeh Ghavi (1987–2020), Telecom Engineer, Innocent victim of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752^[9]
• Mahdieh Ghavi (1999–2020), Medical Student, Innocent victim of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752^[10]

Memorial Day

The custodians of Saleh Imamzadeh appointed 5 Dhiqaadah (24 March) on the day of commemoration of this Imamzadeh. The commemoration ceremony of Imamzadeh is held every year in 24 March in Astan

Ghavi Sisters Tomb

Masoumeh Ghavi with her sister, Mahdieh Ghavi, rest in the yard of Imamzadeh Saleh – Tajrish. The sisters were killed in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) attack on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on the morning of January 8th.^[9]

Gallery

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  Main building
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  Courtyard
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  In the courtyard
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  Interior

See also

• List of mosques in Iran
• Imamzadeh

References

1. Who is Imamzadeh Saleh (AS)? tebyan.net
2. Introduction of Imamzadeh Saleh (AS), Tajrish Archived 2017-07-26 at the Wayback Machine emamzadegan.ir
3. Imamzadeh Saleh; In the north of Tehran safarzon.com
4. Familiarity with the tomb of Imam Zadeh Saleh beytoote.com
5. Introduction to Imamzadeh Saleh Tomb (Tajrish) – Tehran hamshahrionline.ir
6. History of the shrine of Imamzadeh Saleh ettelaat.com
7. Imamzadeh Saleh mizanonline.com
8. Imamzadeh Saleh Ibn Musa tehrannameh.com
9. "Masoumeh Ghavi – The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims / PS752 انجمن خانواده‌های جانباختگان پرواز | PS752Justice". 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2023-03-26.^{[permanent dead link]}
10. "Mahdieh Ghavi – The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims / PS752 انجمن خانواده‌های جانباختگان پرواز | PS752Justice". 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2023-03-26.

External links

• Media related to Imamzadeh Saleh (Tajrish) at Wikimedia Commons
• History of Imam Zadeh Saleh from ITTO^{[permanent dead link]}