List of the tombs of the imams of the Twelve Shiites
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This is a list of the tombs of the Twelve Shiite imams . The holy shrines are located in Iraq , Saudi Arabia and Iran .
Overview
- 1. Ali ibn Abi Talib (Ali), Imam Ali Mosque , Najaf , Iraq
- 2. Hasan ibn 'Alī (al-Hasan), buried on the Jannat al-Baqi , Medina , Saudi Arabia
- 3. Hussein ibn Ali (al-Husain), Imam Husain Shrine , Karbala , Iraq
- 4. ʿAlī ibn Husain Zain al-ʿĀbidīn , buried on the Jannat al-Baqi , Medina , Saudi Arabia
- 5. Muhammad al-Bāqir , buried on the Jannat al-Baqi , Medina , Saudi Arabia
- 6. Jafar al-Sadiq , buried on the Jannat al-Baqi , Medina , Saudi Arabia
- 7. Mūsā al-Kāzim , al-Kazimiyya Mosque , al-Kazimiyya , suburb of Baghdad , Iraq
- 8. Ali ar-Rida , Imam Reza Shrine , Mashhad , Iran
- 9. Muhammad at-Taqi , al-Kazimiyya Mosque , al-Kazimiyya , suburb of Baghdad , Iraq
- 10. Ali an-Naqi , Al-Askari Shrine , Samarra , Iraq
- 11. al-Hasan al-Askari , Al-Askari Shrine , Samarra , Iraq
The 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi , lives in secrecy ( ghaiba ) according to Shiite beliefs .