The ShÃÂh Abdol-Azim Shrine (; ) is a Shia shrine and religious complex located in Rey, in the province of Tehran, Iran. The complex contains the tomb of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani, a descendant of the second Shia Imam Hasan. His lineage traces back to Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a). Al-Najashi reported that when he died and his body was prepared for washing, a note was found in his pocket containing his genealogy, which read: âÂÂI am Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Azim ibn Abd Allah ibn Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Zayd ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (a).âÂÂ
He was entombed here after his death in the 9th century CE.
Adjacent to the shrine, within the complex, are the mausoleums Tahir (son of the fourth Shia Imam - Sajjad) and Hamzeh (brother of the eighth Shia Imam - Reza).
The complex was added to the Iran National Heritage List in 1942, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. The complex is one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.
Ibn Qà «lawayh al-Qummë (d. 978 CE) "includes the shrine in his KÃÂmil al-ZiyÃÂrÃÂt, one of the earliest pilgrimage guides for the Shiÿa, which suggests that the tomb of ÿAbd al-AáºÂëm was already of some importance by the tenth century." The tomb of Abdol-Azim had also come under the patronage of Sunni rulers at times, a notable example being the mausoleum constructed over Abdol-Azim's tomb in the 1090s CE by orders of the Seljuk vizier Majd al-Mulk Asÿad b. Muḥammad b. Mà «sÃÂ. This door has an inscription in Thuluth script.
Abdol Azim migrated to Ray out of persecution and subsequently died there. A piece of paper was found in his pocket outlining his ancestry as being: âÂÂAbdul âÂÂAdhëm son of âÂÂAbdillÃÂh son of âÂÂAlë son of Hasan son of Zayd son of Hasan ibn âÂÂAlë. Shah Abdol Azim was sent to Ray by Imam Reza.
In addition to Abdol-Azim al-Hassani, the shrine is the burial site for many notable individuals, including members of the Qajar family, and many notable political figures, scholars, and clerics, from the Medieval period to contemporary times.