Jabal Zayn al-Abidin is a mountain east of the town of

Qamhana Qamhana ( ar, قمحانة, also spelled ''Qomhane'') is a Syrian town located in the Hama Nahiyah, Hama Subdistrict of the Hama District in Hama Governorate. It is situated immediately west of the Zayn al-Abidin (mountain), Zayn al-Abidin Mountain ...

and north of

Hama , timezone = EET , utc_offset = +2 , timezone_DST = EEST , utc_offset_DST = +3 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , ar ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. It has an elevation of 620 meters and is located near Jabal Kafraa. It is the 31st highest mountain in the

Hama Governorate Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates ...

and the 544th highest in Syria. Jabal Zayn al 'Abidin
/ref> The mountain is named after the shrine of Ali Zayn al-Abidin, the son of

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

. The shrine was built to commemorate the death of Zayn al-Abidin. It is a relatively minor site of visitation my Shia Muslims, including visiting Iranian pilgrims. It is also venerated by some members of Syria's

Ismaili Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sa ...

community, being one of the few shrines Ismailis venerate after the ban on shrine visitation in the 20th century by Ismaili religious authorities.Douwes, ed. Daftary 2011, p. 37.

References

Bibliography

* * Mountains of Hama Governorate {{HamaSY-geo-stub