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Kazamayn entered the sacred landscape of Shi'ism in the ninth century, as the burial site of the seventh and ninth imams, [[Musa al-Kazim]] (d. 802 C.E.) and [[Mohammad al-Taqi]] (d. 834 C.E.). Kazamayn is also the burial site of many a medieval Shi'ite luminary. | Kazamayn entered the sacred landscape of Shi'ism in the ninth century, as the burial site of the seventh and ninth imams, [[Musa al-Kazim]] (d. 802 C.E.) and [[Mohammad al-Taqi]] (d. 834 C.E.). Kazamayn is also the burial site of many a medieval Shi'ite luminary. | ||
==Samarra== | ==Samarra== | ||
Samarra, which lies at a distance from the rest of the ʻatabat, contains the tombs of the tenth and eleventh imams, [[Ali AL-HADI|Ali al-Naqi]] (d. 868 C.E.) and [[Hasan al-`Askari]] (d. 873 C.E.). The twelfth imam entered occultation in Samarra in 941 C.E. | Samarra, which lies at a distance from the rest of the ʻatabat, contains the tombs of the tenth and eleventh imams, [[Ali AL-HADI|Ali al-Naqi]] (d. 868 C.E.) and [[Hasan al-`Askari|Hasan al-'Askari]] (d. 873 C.E.). The twelfth imam entered occultation in Samarra in 941 C.E. | ||
==Functions== | ==Functions== | ||
Besides being the place of pilgrimage, the ‘atabat are also significant as centers of Shiʻite learning. Najaf has housed, since the time of the Shaykh al-Ta'ifa Abu Ja'far Muhammad Tusi in the eleventh century, several educational institutions whose scholarly and financial networks have played an important role in determining intellectual and political trends in modern [[Shiʿa|Shiʻism]]. | Besides being the place of pilgrimage, the ‘atabat are also significant as centers of Shiʻite learning. Najaf has housed, since the time of the Shaykh al-Ta'ifa Abu Ja'far Muhammad Tusi in the eleventh century, several educational institutions whose scholarly and financial networks have played an important role in determining intellectual and political trends in modern [[Shiʿa|Shiʻism]]. | ||