Imam Reza Shrine

Imam al-Reza was buried at Tus in 203 AH and his grave became the nucleus of the shrine; sultans expanded it century after century until it became a complete religious city of domes, courtyards, minarets, water-offering halls and law schools. Shah Abbas I added the gilded ornament and tilework, and Qajar rulers renewed the turquoise-domed mausoleum — travellers ranked it among Islam's greatest Eastern monuments.