Al-Nawbakhti Shrine

The Al-Nawbakhti Shrine is a Twelver Shi'ite mausoleum and mosque, located in the al-Rusafa district of the city of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The site is the resting place of the [Four Deputies|third Twelver Shiism|Twelver Deputy] Ibn Ruh al-Nawbakhti, who died in 937 CE. A dome tops the building and is also a place for ziyarat. It is located between the markets of the Shorja and al-Rashid Street.

Historical background

Ibn Ruh al-Nawbakhti was an influential figure around his time, part of the Abbasid court, leader of al-Nawbakhti family, and a close associate of the second Twelver Deputy Abu Ja'far Muhammad, who he would succeed as the third Twelver Deputy to the hidden 12th Imam al-Mahdi in 917 CE. His contact with the 12th Imam would resume until 937 CE, the year he would die and be succeeded by Abu al-Husayn al-Samarri as the fourth and finale Twelver Deputy. Al-Nawbakhti was buried in Baghdad.