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Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar
Shi'ite religious complex in Kufa, Iraq From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar (Arabic: مرقد ميثم التمار) is a Shi'ite religious complex located in Kufa, Iraq. It is dedicated to Maytham ibn Yahya al-Tammar, a companion of Ali ibn Abi Talib who was killed by the Umayyad governor Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad.[1] The mosque and shrine complex is located to the west of the Great Mosque of Kufa.[1]
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History
Maytham al-Tammar was executed in the year 680 by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad.[1] He was buried at this spot. The date of construction of the mausoleum over his grave is not known. However, a structure already existed there in the twentieth century.[2]

In 2011, the mausoleum was rebuilt and expanded. Subsequently, the structure was converted into a Shi'ite mosque.[2] Two minarets were added, and the dome over the shrine was replaced with a larger one which had more decorations on it.[2] Then in 2017, a new zarih was built around the grave of Maytham al-Tammar.[3] It was constructed from Isfahan and then shipped to Kufa, where it was reassembled around the grave.[3]
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Architecture
The present mosque and mausoleum/shrine complex has one dome and two minarets.[2] The dome has a diameter of 9 metres, while the minarets have a length of 28 metres and a diameter of 2.5 metres.[2] The tomb of Maytham al-Tammar is located underneath the dome, and a zarih encloses it.[3] This zarih was built in Isfahan, and its area is 20 square metres.[3] It is made from wood, and inlaid with copper and silver attachments.[3]
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Incidents
In 2006, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near the shrine of Maytham al-Tammar in Kufa, Iraq.[4] The bomb was detonated in between two vans carrying Iranian pilgrims to the shrine.[4] Twelve innocent civilians were killed and 37 more were injured as a result of the car bomb.[4] Out of the 12 killed, 8 of them were Iranians, and out of the 37 that were injured, 22 of them were Iranian.[4]
See also
- List of mosques in Iraq
- Shia Islam in Iraq
- Al-Abbas Shrine
- Al-Askari Shrine
- Al-Hamra Mosque (Kufa)
- Great Mosque of Kufa
- Imam Ali Shrine
- Imam Dur Mausoleum
- Imam Qasim Shrine
- Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine
- Imam Sultan Saqi Shrine
- Al-Kazimiyya Mosque
- Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani
- Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Rifa'i
- Mausoleum of Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra
- Mausoleum of Imam Awn Al-Din
- Mausoleum of Kumayl ibn Ziyad
- Mausoleum of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki
- Mausoleum of Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah
- Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi
- Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim
- Mosque of Salman al-Farsi
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