By: Muhammad Riyad Kazim‍
Supervised by: Lect. Yasmine Hatem Badid‍
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Geographical distribution of the most prominent religious and natural components in the city of Karbala‍
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Presentation:‍
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This topic deals with the most prominent places of the holy shrines that distinguish the city of Karbala and which have gained its historical, touristic and religious importance, in addition to the most prominent natural places that are spread in this city and which can be developed to occupy a distinguished tourist attraction in the governorate in particular and the country in general. Also, the Al-Hussainiya district and the Al-Hindiya district are located east of the city of Karbala, while Lake Al-Razzaza and the Ain Al-Tamr district are located north and west of the city. As for the Najaf governorate, it borders the city from the south, while the Anbar governorate has borders with the city from the north and west, and from the east, the Babylon governorate, and the geographical distribution of the most prominent religious and natural components that distinguish the Karbala governorate is clear‍
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1- Religious components:‍
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First… Al-Hussainiya shrine and the shrine of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) :‍
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The most important feature of the pure Husseini shrine is the spaciousness of the courtyard and the abundance of beautiful arcades, as its buildings occupy a rectangular area with dimensions of (125 x 95 m). Its buildings consist of the shrine and a wide courtyard surrounding it, overlooked from all sides by a series of rooms, halls, arcades, and a wall separating the shrine and its wide courtyard from the surrounding markets, streets, and residential buildings. The shrine is built in a massive and solid manner with bricks and plaster and covered with the most wonderful decorative decorations plated with gold, mirrors, glazed tiles, and enamel. Above the grave chamber is a high dome resting on (4) huge rectangular pillars, (5.3) meters long and 2.5 meters wide. The top of the dome rises about 27 meters above ground level. It is onion-shaped with a long neck interspersed with windows with pointed arches. The dome and its neck are plated with gold, except for a range of Qur’anic verses crowning the neck, written in white on a dark blue background. The grave chamber is surrounded by three designed in a way that is The northern part of it is in the form of a mosque in which prayers are performed, with a relatively wide corridor leading it, where the grave of the martyr Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) is located. The other part overlooks the courtyard from the eastern, western and northern sides. As for the southern side, its rooms open from the outside onto the wide terrace leading to this section of the shrine. The holy shrine has several doors, and each of these doors has an arched arch with beautiful mosaics. The most famous of these doors is the Qibla Gate, which is known as the Golden Gate in reference to its Iwan built of gold and silver. Whoever enters the Golden Gate Iwan ends up in a corridor surrounding the holy shrine from the east and south. On his left is the grave of the martyr companion Habib bin Muzahir al-Asadi, who was martyred with Hussein (peace be upon him) in the Karbala incident. In the northwestern corner of the grave of Hussein (peace be upon him) is the grave of Sayyid Ibrahim bin Muhammad al-Abed bin Imam Musa al-Kadhim, known as al-Mujab. To the right of the shrine is the cemetery of martyrs, which includes (120) martyrs, including al-Qasim. This corridor has (7 doors) leading to the courtyard. They are: Bab Habib bin Muzahir Al-Asadi, Bab Al-Qibla, Bab Saheb Al-Zaman (may God hasten his reappearance), Bab Ali Al-Akbar (peace be upon him), Bab Al-Karamah, Bab Ibrahim Al-Mujabb, and Bab Ras Al-Hussein (peace be upon him). As for the courtyard of the shrine, it has (8 doors) leading to the shrine, which are: Bab Al-Qibla, Bab Ali Al-Akbar (peace be upon him), and two doors known as Bab Al-Karamah, Bab Al-Nasiri, Bab Ibrahim Al-Mujabb, Bab Ras Al-Hussein (peace be upon him), and Bab Habib bin Muzahir Al-Asadi.‍