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Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine

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Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine

The Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine (Persian: آرامگاه بی‌بی شهربانو, romanized: ârâmgâh-e bi-bi šahrbânu; Arabic: ضريح بيبي شهربانو) is an Islamic shrine, located near Shahr-e Ray, a southern suburb of Tehran, in the province of Tehran, Iran. According to the inscription in the shrine and the belief of the pe

ople, the shrine is the tomb of Shahrbanu who was the wife of the third Shi'ite Imam, Hussein ibn Ali and the mother of the fourth Shi'ite Imam, Ali al-Sajjad. The oldest parts of the shrine date from the 15th century, shortly before the Safavid era. Researchers have discussed, if the name of the shrine and the location could point to an earlier pre-Islamic holy site, possible a sanctuary of the goddess Anahita of the ancient Iranian religion, Zoroastrianism. The complex was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 31 July 1933, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. The complex is one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.

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