Sayyid Muhammad Muhsin Dua'ee - Mashhad, IRAN wrote the following in the guest book (2004-07-31 06:16:06 (UTC) | homepage):
The Mausoleum of Imam al-Ghazali
in Tus, Khurasan
square shaped historical monument made out of bricks. Its height is 25
meters and covers an area of 144 square meters and consists of three
chambers. The middle chamber consists of mihrab which is decorated with
intricate stucco work.
[Photo credit:
James
Hollingsworth, PhD. used with permission]
This building according to the popular belief is called as Haruniyah,
the jail built by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (rule 170-193 A.H/
786-809 A.D.) but it in the ancient travelogues it is named as Masjid-i
Tus.
The author of Mihman Namah-i Bukhara compiled in 915 A.H., have
described the grave of Imam al-Ghazali in detail. He have mentioned that
the grave of Imam al-Ghazali was very small and was located near the
western rampart of Tus city.
[Side view: photo credit wikipedia ]
In the year 1995 the Archaeological Survey of Khorasan province carried
out excavations in this area and discovered the remains of the grave of
Imam al-Ghazali which corresponds exactly with the description as
mentioned in Mihman Namah-i Bukhara in the year 915.
Haruniyah was renovated recently and a grave with epitaph ascribed to
Imam al-Ghazali is located on the entrance of the monument. The grave of
Husayn Khedive Jam, the renowned scholar on the life and works of Imam
al-Ghazali is also located near this grave.
References:
1- Rajab Ali Labbaf Khaniki, The Visage of the Cultural History of
Khurasan, March 1999.
2- Guide to Tus, Mashhad, 1994.
3- Mihman Namah-i Bukhara
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