Chronology of Imam Husayn’s Shrine at Karbala

Chronology of Imam Husayn’s Shrine at Karbala

AH	CE	EVENTS
61	lst October, 680	Imam Husayn [a] was buried at this sacred spot.
65	18th August, 684	Mukhtar ibn Abu Obaidah Thaqafi built an enclosure around the grave, in the form of a mosque and erected a dome over the grave. There were two entrances to this building.
132	12th August, 749	A roof was built over a part of this mosque and two entrances were added during the reign of as- Saffah .
140	31st March, 763	The roof was demolished during the reign of al- Mansur .
158	11th November, 774	During the reign of Mahdi the roof was reconstructed.
171	22nd June, 787	During the reign of Al-Rashid the dome and the roof were demolished and the plum tree which stood near the grave was cut down.
193	25th October, 808	During the reign of Amin the building was reconstructed.
236	15th July, 850	Mutawakkil demolished the buildings and ordered that the land should be ploughed.
247	17th March, 861	Muntasir built a roof over the grave and set up an iron pillar near it, to serve as a landmark for the pilgrims.
273	8th June, 886	The roof was demolished again.
280	23rd March, 893	The Alid representative built a dome in the centre, with two roofs, on either side and an enclosure with two entrances.
307	19th August, 977	Adzd ibn Boweih rebuilt the dome, the surrounding galleries and constructed a screen of teak wood around the sepulchre . He also constructed houses all round the shrine and erected the boundary wall of the city. At the same time Imran ibn Shahin built a mosque adjacent to the tomb.
407	10th June, 1016	The buildings were damaged by fire and the Vizier, Al- Hasan ibn al Fadi rebuilt them.
620	4th February, 1223	Nasir le-din- Illah reconstructed the screens of the sepulchre .
757	18th Sept. 1365	Sultan Owais ibn Hasan Jalairi remodelled the dome and raised the walls of the enclosure.
780	24th Feb. 1384	Ahmad ibn Owais erected two minarets covered with gold and extended the courtyard.
920	26th Feb. 1514	When Shah Ismail Safawi visited the holy shrine he built a sacrophagus of the inlaid work over the grave.
1032	5th Nov. 1622	Shah Abbas Safavi constructed the screens ( darih ) of brass and bronze and decorated the dome with Kashi tiles.
1048	15th May 1638	Sultan Murad IV, when he visited the holy shrine, whitewashed the dome.
1155	8th March 1742	Nadir Shah visited the holy shrine and decorated the building and offered valuable presents to the treasury of the shrine.
1211	7th July 1796	Shah Muhammad Qachar covered the dome of the shrine with gold.
1216	14th May, 1801	Wahhabis attacked Kerbala , spoiled the screens and portico and looted the shrine.
1232	21st Nov., 1817	Fateh Ali Shah Qachar repaired the screens and plated them with silver. He also plated the centre of the main portico with gold and repaired the damage done by the Wahhabi robbers.
1283	16th May, 1866	Nasiruddin Shah Qachar extended the courtyard of the shrine.
1358	21st February, 1939	Dr. Syedna Taher Saifud -din, 51st Dai-el- Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community offered a set of screens of solid silver which are fixed in the shrine.
1360	29th January, 1941	Dr. Syedna Taher Saifud -din, 5lst Dai-el- Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community rebuilt the western minaret.
1367	20th Dec., 1948	Syed Abdul Rasul Khalsi , Administrator of Karbala acquired the houses in the neighbourhood of the courtyard according to the price fixed by the government, to build a road around the holy mausoleum and to extend the courtyard.