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The Mausoleum of Ali (Persian: مقام علی, romanized: Maqām ʿAlī) or Blue Mosque (مسجد کبود), located in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is a shrine purportedly housing the tomb of Caliph Ali, the first Imam of Shia Muslims (r. 656–661). Many pilgrims annually celebrate Nowruz at the site.
Ali was born to Abu Talib and his wife Fatima bint Asad around 600 CE, [1] some thirty years after the Year of the Elephant. [2] Shia and some Sunni sources report that Ali was the only person born in the Ka'ba, the ancient shrine in the city of Mecca which later became the most sacred site in Islam.
Ali may have been the only person born inside the Ka'ba, [4] [3] [2] the holiest site of Islam, which is located in Mecca. Ali's father was a leading member of the Banu Hashim, a clan within the Meccan tribe of Quraysh. [3] Abu Talib also raised his nephew Muhammad after his parents died.
Hussein bin Ali was buried in Jerusalem in 1931, as he wasn't able to be buried in Mecca, as he wanted and as was the norm for Sharifs of Mecca until then, for Ibn Saud didn't want to allow him being buried there. [11] Thus, local dignitaries and leaders wanted him to be buried in the al-Aqsa mosque compound. [37]
Upon Muhammad's victorious return to Mecca in 630 CE, Ali broke the idols in and around the Kaaba, [25] similar to what, according to the Quran, Abraham did in his homeland. Thus ended polytheistic use of the Kaaba, and began monotheistic rule over it and its sanctuary.
Battle of Khaybar: Ali was the standard-bearer and conqueror of the Khaybar's castle. [1] Birth of Zaynab bint Ali; 629 Participating in The first pilgrimage with the Prophet. Death of Ali's brother Ja'far ibn Abi Talib in the Battle of Mu'tah; 630 Conquest of Mecca:Ali was the standard-bearer. [1] Battle of Hunayn [1] Battle of Autas; Siege of ...
Imam Ali's shrine is among the last of the Shi'ite shrines in Iraq to retains its nearly full set of original antique tiles. [ 13 ] Around the shrine on its North, East, and Southern sides is a large courtyard surrounded by pointed arch arcades , while the shrine is linked on the West to the Al-Ra's Mosque.
Hammam of Gazi Ali Bey is a protected monument with its status number 02-628/68. [15] It was built by Gazi Ali Bey during the 15th and 17th centuries for the cleansing rituals of men. [ 25 ] It is one of the oldest public baths in Balkans .