Imam Zadeh Saleh
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Imamzadeh Saleh () is a
imamzadeh An imamzadeh () is a Persian term with two related meanings: a type of holy person in Shia Islam, and the shrine-tomb of such a person. Descendant An imamzadeh is an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam. The term is also used in Urdu and ...
mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...
in
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. The mosque is located at
Tajrish Tajrish (, ) is a neighbourhood of Tehran, capital of Iran. Administratively it is in Shemiranat County, Tehran province and serves as the capital of the county. At one time a village, it was later absorbed into the city of Tehran. The Tajri ...
Square in Tehran's northern
Shemiran Shemirān (, ) is the capital of Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran, but is actually located just north of the borders of Tehran County along Chamran Expressway and Sadr Expressway and it is the northernmost district of the city of T ...
district. The mosque entombs the remains of Saleh, a son of the Twelver Shia Imam,
Musa al-Kazim Musa al-Kazim (; 745–799) was a descendant of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad and the seventh Twelve Imams, imam in Twelver Shi'ism, Twelver Shia Islam. Musa is often known by the title al-Kazim (), apparently ...
, and is one of the most popular
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shrines in northern Tehran.


Design

The main mausoleum building includes a large rectangular building with thick walls and solid inner space of almost 5.6 square meters. Silver enshrines the eastern and northeastern and western sides, decorated with silver and wood lattice on the south side of the endowment of the late Mirza Saeed Khan foreign minister for the late
Qajar The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin,Cyrus Ghani. ''Iran an ...
.


History

In 700 AH Imam Zadeh Saleh an inscription appears in the repair and alteration of entries according to which the Kingdom of
Ghazan Mahmud Ghazan (5 November 1271 – 11 May 1304) (, Ghazan Khan, sometimes westernized as Casanus was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304. He was the son of Arghun, grandson of Abaqa K ...
Khan was at the same time. In 1210 AH and the name of
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (; 5 August 1772 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Caucasus, com ...
has been engraved on it.


Notable burials

* Mirza Nasrollah Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (1840–1907),
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(1906–07) *
Hassan Pirnia Hassan Pirnia ( ‎; 1871 – 20 November 1935), titled Moshir-od-Dowleh, was a prominent Iranian politician of 20th-century Iran. He held a total of twenty-four posts during his political career, serving four times as Prime Minister of Iran. ...
Moshir od-Dowleh (1871–1935), scholar and prime minister (1918–20), (1922) and (1923) *
Hossein Pirnia Hossein Pirnia, also known as Mo'tamen al Molk (; 1875–1948) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian politician. His father, Mirza Nasrullah Khan, and his elder brother, Hassan Pirnia, both served as Prime Minister of Iran. Career He served as speaker ...
Mo'tamen ol-Molk (1874–1946), speaker of the
Majles (, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning 'sitting room', used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to the Mus ...
(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 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the ...
*Mahdieh Ghavi (1999–2020), Medical Student, Innocent victim of
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the ...


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 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the ...
on the morning of January 8th.


Gallery

Imamzadeh Saleh, Tehran 01.jpg, Main building Imamzadeh Saleh, Tehran 07.jpg, Courtyard Imamzadeh Saleh, Tehran 09.jpg, In the courtyard Haram emamzadeh saleh.jpg, Interior


See also

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List of mosques in Iran This is a list of mosques in Iran. , it was estimated that there were 47,291 Shi'ite mosques and 10,344 Sunni mosques in Iran. List of mosques This list of mosques in Iran is sorted by province; and, where applicable, by major settlement. ...
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Imamzadeh An imamzadeh () is a Persian term with two related meanings: a type of holy person in Shia Islam, and the shrine-tomb of such a person. Descendant An imamzadeh is an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam. The term is also used in Urdu and ...


References


External links

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History of Imam Zadeh Saleh from ITTO
Religious buildings and structures in Tehran Ziyarat Architecture in Iran Saleh, Shemiran {{Iran-struct-stub