Imamzadeh Saleh ( fa, امامزاده صالح, Imāmzādeh Ṣāleh) is one of many

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. Firstly, it means an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam. The term is also used in Urdu and Azeri. Imamzad ...

mosques in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. The mosque is located at Tajrish Square in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

's northern Shemiran district. The mosque entombs the remains of Saleh, a son of the Twelver Shia Imam, Musa al-Kadhim, and is one of the most popular

Shia 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, mo ...

shrines in northern Tehran.

History

The main mausoleum building includes a large rectangular building with thick walls and solid inner space of almost 5. 6 square meters. In the year 700 AH Imam Zadeh Saleh there is an inscription that appears in the repair and alteration of entries has gone according to which the Kingdom of Ghazan Khan was at the same time. Imam Zadeh Saleh large wooden box inside the tomb probably belonged to the era of the late Safavid or Afsharid dynasties. Silver enshrine the eastern and north-eastern and western sides have netted enclosure is decorated with silver and wood lattice south side of the endowment of the late Mr. Mirza Saeed khan foreign minister late

Qajar Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran ( fa, دولت علیّه ایران ') and also known then as the Guarded Domains of Iran ( fa, ممالک م ...

. The shrine is located on the north side entrance porch and the porch of the sanctuary, the tablet is rectangular adobe tile on its history in 1210 AH and the name of

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ( fa, فتحعلى‌شاه قاجار, Fatḥ-ʻAli Šâh Qâjâr; May 1769 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irr ...

has been engraved on it.

Notable burials

* Mirza Nasrollah Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (1840-1907),

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

(1906-07)Imamzadeh Saleh Ibn Musa
tehrannameh.com * Hassan Pirnia Moshir od-Dowleh (1871-1935), scholar and prime minister (1918–20), (1922) and (1923) * Hossein Pirnia Mo'tamen ol-Molk (1874-1946), speaker of the

Majles The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

(1914–25) and (1927–28) * Mohammad Tadayyon (1881-1951), statesman * Majid Shahriari (1966-2010), engineer * Javad Mosadeghi (1949-2015), founder and chief executive officer, Islamic P&I Club *Masoumeh Ghavi (1987-2020), Telecom Engineer, Innocent Victim of

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*Mahdieh Ghavi (1999-2020), Medical Student, Innocent Victim of

* Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (1958–2020), nuclear physicist and scientist regarded as the father of Iran's nuclear program

Memorial Day

The custodians of Saleh Imamzadeh have appointed 5 Dhiqaadah(24 March) on the occasion of the day of commemoration of this Imamzadeh and the commemoration ceremony of Imamzadeh is held every year in 24 March in Astan

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

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