Attributed Shrine of Sayyida Khadija bint Imam Ali, Peace Be Upon Her
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Introduction
This is an attributed devotional shrine associated with Sayyida Khadija bint Imam Ali, Peace Be Upon Her; the available early genealogical and historical sources do not establish the chamber as her confirmed burial place. The current site stands opposite Bab al-Tha'ban on the northern side of the Great Mosque of Kufa. It is therefore recorded as a secondary attributed shrine, not as an undisputed grave.
Sayyida Khadija's historical identity is supported independently of the shrine. She was a daughter of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Peace Be Upon Him, and some genealogical sources describe her mother as an umm walad, with Umm Khadija preserved as a kunya in part of the tradition. Her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib, May Allah Have Mercy On Him, is recorded. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly names their son Said; later genealogical or devotional lists also mention Aqil and sometimes Humayda, but those additions are not equally early or uniform.
The link between Sayyida Khadija and this precise Kufan location belongs mainly to later local and devotional memory. Later writers state that she died in Kufa and mention a mashhad associated with her, while the earlier genealogical works that establish her family identity do not identify a burial place. The attribution is therefore chronologically possible, but it is not an early conclusive grave record.
The present shrine belongs to the dense devotional landscape around the Great Mosque of Kufa. Modern Iraqi reports describe work on the shrine, visitor-service areas and a new grille, and identify the place near Bab al-Tha'ban. These reports verify the living religious identity, administration and continued visitation of the current site; they do not by themselves prove that the original burial belongs to Sayyida Khadija.
For visitors, the maqam preserves respect for the daughters of Imam Ali, the women of the Ahl al-Bayt and the families touched by Karbala. Its research value is equally important: the identity of a historical woman can be well supported while the attribution of a particular grave remains uncertain. Clear labeling allows devotion to continue without turning later local memory into an early historical certainty.
FatherSide: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Peace Be Upon Him
MotherSide: Some genealogical sources describe her mother as an umm walad; part of the tradition preserves the kunya Umm Khadija
Children: Said ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil; later lists also name Aqil and sometimes Humayda
Spouses: Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib, May Allah Have Mercy On Him
Historical / Religious Importance
The site is important within the northern devotional landscape of the Great Mosque of Kufa because it preserves a living local association with a daughter of Imam Ali. Its modern shrine, service works and continued visitation form part of the religious geography of Bab al-Tha'ban, even though the burial attribution is not established by early sources.
Its strongest research lesson is the separation of person identity from grave identity. Genealogical evidence supports Sayyida Khadija, her marriage and at least her son Said; the precise Kufan burial belongs to later tradition. Preserving both levels honestly protects the dignity of the site and helps visitors distinguish a historical person, a local maqam and a confirmed grave.
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أنساب الأشراف
أحمد بن يحيى البلاذري
أولاد الإمام علي؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات
ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أنساب العلويين والعقيليين؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: ترجمة الأسرة العلوية؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أخبار آل عقيل وكربلاء؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave.
عمدة الطالب في أنساب آل أبي طالب
أحمد بن علي ابن عنبة
أنساب العلويين والعقيليين؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف ا
ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أنساب العلويين والعقيليين؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: ترجمة الأسرة العلوية؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أخبار آل عقيل وكربلاء؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave.
المجدي في أنساب الطالبيين
علي بن محمد العمري
ترجمة الأسرة العلوية؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعا
ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أنساب العلويين والعقيليين؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: ترجمة الأسرة العلوية؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أخبار آل عقيل وكربلاء؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave.
مقاتل الطالبيين
أبو الفرج الأصفهاني
أخبار آل عقيل وكربلاء؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبع
ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أنساب العلويين والعقيليين؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: ترجمة الأسرة العلوية؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أخبار آل عقيل وكربلاء؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave.
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ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أنساب العلويين والعقيليين؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: ترجمة الأسرة العلوية؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أخبار آل عقيل وكربلاء؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave.
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ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أنساب العلويين والعقيليين؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: ترجمة الأسرة العلوية؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave. | Page/Volume: أخبار آل عقيل وكربلاء؛ الصفحات تختلف باختلاف الطبعات | ARTICLE ROLE: SECONDARY ATTRIBUTED PLACE. Early genealogical works support Sayyida Khadija's identity as a daughter of Imam Ali and her marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf explicitly supports their son Said; Aqil and Humayda occur in later genealogical or devotional lists and are not presented at the same evidence level. The early genealogies do not establish a burial place. Later Kufan tradition places a mashhad opposite Bab al-Tha'ban, and modern Iraqi reporting documents the present rebuilt shrine, service facilities and continued visitation. The first paragraph clearly states that this is not a confirmed grave.