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The
dome
of
the
shrine
has
two
shells.
The
inner
shell
(ahianeh)
that
can
be
seen
from
inside
the
shrine
is
the
oldest
shell,
and
according
to
a
legend,
it
existed
before
the
burial
of
Ali
bin
Musa
al-Reza,
and
at
the
end
of
the
9th
century,
the
outer
shell
(self),
which
is
the
current
golden
dome,
was
built
on
top
of
it.
Its
height
is
about
19
meters
below
the
central
point
and
31
meters
up
to
the
top
of
the
dome.
The
dome
has
two
covers
that
are
located
on
top
of
the
shrine:
the
first
cover
of
the
dome
is
the
dome
of
the
shrine,
which
is
made
of
a
crown
arch
and
is
called
the
dome,
and
the
second
cover
is
above
it,
which
is
called
the
dome.
The
difference
between
these
two
covers
is
an
empty
space
with
a
height
of
13
meters.
The
weight
of
the
dome
is
on
the
walls
of
the
hall,
which
is
about
2.9
meters
thick.
The
height
of
the
dome
from
the
floor
of
the
shrine
is
18.80
meters
and
to
the
end
of
the
dome
(top
of
the
dome)
is
about
31.20
meters.
The
circumference
of
the
dome
from
its
outer
surface
is
42.10
meters,
its
height
to
the
dome's
spear
is
16.40
meters,
and
the
height
of
the
top
of
the
dome
is
3.5
meters.
From
the
beginning
of
the
dome
to
the
beginning
of
the
curvature
of
the
dome
is
4.79
meters.
The
dome
was
first
built
with
Iranian
yellow
bricks
and
then
decorated
with
tiles.
In
932
A.H.,
the
Safavid
Shah
Tahmasab
decorated
the
dome
with
gold
clay
for
the
first
time,
without
making
any
changes
to
the
original
structure
of
the
dome.
He
first
removed
the
tiles
of
the
dome,
and
then
covered
the
dome
with
gold-plated
copper
sheets,
and
also
decorated
the
garland
on
the
side
of
the
dome
with
gold.
It
is
mentioned
in
the
history
that
after
the
death
of
Harun
and
his
burial
in
Harun's
mausoleum,
Mamun
built
a
dome
on
top
of
that
mausoleum.
According
to
some
historians,
that
dome
was
destroyed
due
to
events
such
as
Sabaktekin's
attack
at
the
end
of
the
4th
century
AH
with
damage
to
the
shrine,
and
then
Sultan
Mahmud
Ghaznavi
in
400
AH
rebuilt
the
shrine
and
built
a
dome
over
the
burial.
The
Seljuk
Sanjar
was
a
person
named
Sharafuddin
Abu
Taher
Qomi,
who,
while
changing
the
Manorah
Rouzah
and
tiling
it,
built
a
dome
over
the
dome,
which
is
still
standing
after
about
900
years
have
passed.
Under
the
inscription
around
the
dome,
there
are
two
sentences
about
the
makers
of
the
dome,
which
shows
that
Kamaluddin
Yazdi
was
the
tiler
of
the
dome
and
Alireza
Abbasi
was
the
calligrapher
of
the
inscription
around
the
dome.
In
997
A.H.,
during
the
Uzbek
rebellion,
Abd
al-Momon
Khan
looted
the
gold
of
the
dome
and
its
garland
while
looting
Astan
Quds.
After
this
incident,
Shah
Abbas
Safavi
traveled
from
Isfahan
to
Mashhad
on
foot
in
1010
AH
and
ordered
the
re-gilding
of
the
dome.
This
work
ended
in
1016
AH.
In
1084
A.H.,
a
severe
earthquake
occurred,
which
caused
a
crack
in
the
outer
part
of
the
dome
and
some
of
its
gold
bricks
fell.
After
that,
by
order
of
Shah
Suleiman
Safavi,
the
dome
was
repaired
and
gilded
again.
The
process
of
this
gilding
was
written
in
the
four
columns
around
the
dome
by
Mohammadreza
Emami,
a
calligrapher
of
that
time.
The
date
of
this
inscription
shows
1086
AH.
In
1330
AH,
the
dome
was
covered
with
cannons
by
the
Russians,
and
even
now,
bullets
hit
the
inside
of
the
dome.
is
visible;
After
that,
the
governor
of
Khorasan,
Nir
al-Dulah,
repaired
these
damages.
In
1359,
the
last
gilding
of
the
dome
was
finished.
In
the
middle
of
the
inscription
around
the
dome,
on
a
tablet,
the
year
of
gilding
and
repair
of
the
dome
is
reported
as
1400
AH.
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