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Destination · Iraq
A city on the Tigris north of Baghdad, where the tenth and eleventh Imams lived and are buried, and which Twelver Shia tradition associates with the occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (ajtf).
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Shrine · Samarra
The shrine in Samarra where Imam Ali al-Hadi (as) and his son Imam Hasan al-Askari (as) are buried, in what was their home. Narjis, mother of Imam al-Mahdi (ajtf), and Hakima, daughter of Imam al-Jawad (as), are also buried here. The dome was destroyed in bombings in 2006 and 2007 and has since been rebuilt.
Historic site · Samarra
A lower chamber in the house of the Imams in Samarra, beside the al-Askariyyayn shrine, which Twelver Shia tradition associates with Imam al-Mahdi (ajtf) and his occultation (ghayba). It is a place of prayer, not a grave.
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Imam Ali al-Hadi (as) and Imam Hasan al-Askari (as) were kept in Samarra, then the Abbasid capital, and were buried in their house there. The shrine of al-Askariyyayn now stands over it. [WikiShia]
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