Sheikhan cemetery (means scholars cemetery) is the second historical

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

in the

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world and one of the oldest cemeteries in

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

, Qom Province,

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which is located near the

Fatima Masumeh Shrine The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh ( fa, حرم فاطمه معصومه translit. ''haram-e fateme-ye masumeh'') is located in Qom, which is considered by Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad. Fatima Masumeh was the ...

. The cemetery dates back over a thousand years. This cemetery is currently the burial place of some

Shiite Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...

scholar A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researche ...

s such as

Zakaria ibn Idris Ash'ari Qomi Zakaria ibn Idris Ash'ari Qomi or Zakaria ibn Idris ibn Abd-Allah al-Ash'ari al-Qomi ( fa, زکریا بن ادریس اشعری قمی, ar, زکریا بن إدریس بن عبدالله الأشعري القمي), known as Abu Jarir ( fa, ا� ...

Zakaria ibn Adam Ash'ari Qomi Zakaria ibn Adam Ash'ari Qomi ( fa, زکریا بن آدم اَشْعَری قمی) was a Shia Muhaddith (scholar of hadith) from 8th century and one of the companions of Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiite leader). He was on ...

Mirza-ye Qomi Mirza Abolghasem Gilani ( fa, میرزا ابوالقاسم گیلانی), known as Mirza-ye Qomi ( fa, میرزای قمی), the author of the book of ''Qawanin al-Usul'' ( ar, قوانین الاصول, ''The Laws of Principles''), was a Shi ...

, Mohammad Ali Modarres Khiabani and

Mahmoud Ansari Qomi Mahmoud Ansari Qomi ( fa, محمود انصاری قمی) is an Iranian cleric. Early life He was born around 1921 to a family in Qom. Lost his father at age ten and under the tutelage of his brothers, initial lessons learned. Mahmoud Ansari in ...

, as well as those killed during the Iranian Revolution (1979) and Iranian soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq war. The eight victims of the June 28, 1981 terrorist attack in Tehran, Iran, along with their families, as well as Dr. Mohammad Gharib (father of

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in Iran) are buried in this cemetery. Also,

Mirza Jawad Maleki Tabrizi Mirza Jawad Agha Maleki Tabrizi or Mirza Jawad Maleki Tabrizi (1857 Tabriz – July 3, 1925 Qom) was a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence, principles, ethics, wisdom and Islamic mysticism. Birth and lineage ''Mirza Jawad Agha Maleki Tabrizi'' ...

, the famous

Faqīh A faqīh (plural ''fuqahā'', ar, فقيه, pl. ‏‎) is an Islamic jurist, an expert in ''fiqh'', or Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic Law. Definition Islamic jurisprudence or ''fiqh'' is the human understanding of the Sharia (bel ...

and

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as well as

Fakhr al-Sadat Borghei Fakhr, also Fakhar or Faḵr ( ar, فخر), may be a given name or a surname. It literally means "pride", "honor", "glory" in Arabic. It may also be a part of a given name such as Fakhr al-Din, "pride of the faith". Notable people with the name i ...

, one of the victims of the

Chain murders of Iran The chain murders of Iran ( fa, قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای ایران) were a series of 1988–98 murders and disappearances of certain Iranian dissident intellectuals who had been critical of the Islamic Republic system. The murders a ...

, are buried in this cemetery.

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Mausoleum of Zakariya ibn Adam Ashaari Qomi.jpg, Tomb of "Zakaria Ibn Adam Ash'ari" – 2016 Mausoleum of Mirza-ye Qomi.jpg, Tomb of "Mirza Qomi" – 2016 Tomb of Mohammad Gharib.jpg, Tomb of "Dr. Mohammad Gharib" – 2016 Sheikhan entrance.jpg, Sheikhan cemetery entrance – 2016 عکسی از قبرستان شیخان در قم.jpg, Another view – 2016

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Image / Sheikhan Cemetery in Qom

Sheikhan cemetery report by HAUSA

Sheikhan Cemetery Introduction Video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheikhan cemetery Cemeteries in Qom Cemeteries in Iran

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