The Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar () is a Shi'ite religious complex located in Kufa, Iraq. It is dedicated to Maytham ibn Yahya al-Tammar, a companion of Ali ibn Abi Talib who was executed by the Umayyad governor Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. The mosque and shrine complex is located to the west of the Great Mosque of Kufa.
History
Maytham al-Tammar was executed in the year 680 by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. He was buried at this spot. The date of construction of the mausoleum over his grave is not known. However, a structure already existed there in the twentieth century.
In 2011, the mausoleum was rebuilt and expanded. Subsequently, the structure was converted into a Shi'ite mosque. Two minarets were added, and the dome over the shrine was replaced with a larger one which had more decorations on it. Then in 2017, a new zarih was built around the grave of Maytham al-Tammar. It was constructed from Isfahan and then shipped to Kufa, where it was reassembled around the grave.
Architecture The present mosque and mausoleum/shrine complex has one dome and two minarets. The dome has a diameter of 9 metres, while the minarets have a length of 28 metres and a diameter of 2.5 metres. The tomb of Maytham al-Tammar is located underneath the dome, and a zarih encloses it. This zarih was built in Isfahan, and its area is 20 square metres. It is made from wood, and inlaid with copper and silver attachments.
Incidents In 2006, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near the shrine. The bomb was detonated in between two vans carrying Iranian pilgrims to the shrine. Twelve innocent civilians were killed and 37 more were injured as a result of the car bomb. Out of the 12 killed, 8 of them were Iranians, and out of the 37 that were injured, 22 of them were Iranian.Tempest Publishing, and IntelCenter. IntelCenter Terrorism Incident Reference (TIR): Iraq : 2006. Alexandra, VA: Tempest, 2008. Print. p. 149
See also
List of mosques in Iraq Shia Islam in Iraq Al-Abbas Shrine Al-Askari Shrine Al-Hamra Mosque (Kufa) Great Mosque of Kufa Imam Ali Shrine Imam Dur Mausoleum Imam Qasim Shrine Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine Imam Sultan Saqi Shrine Al-Kazimiyya Mosque Mausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Rifa'i Mausoleum of Ahmad ibn Hanbal Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra Mausoleum of Imam Awn Al-Din Mausoleum of Kumayl ibn Ziyad Mausoleum of Sayyid Ali al-Zaki Mausoleum of Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim Mosque of Salman al-Farsi
References
External links Maytham al-Tammar Shrine, Kufa The measures of Maytham al-Tammar Mausoleum in Kufa Maytham al-Tammar The Majestic Maytham Al-Tammar Shrine: A Spiritual ... Maytham al-Tammar al-Asadi al-Kufi Maytham al-Tammar Shrine of Maytham al-Tammar - Video Maytham al-Tammar: the Orator of Ahlul Bayt