Imamzadeh

An imamzadeh is an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam. The term is also used in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Azeri. Imamzadeh means "offspring" or descendant of an imam. There are many different ways of spelling the word in English, such as imamzada, imamzadah and emamzadah. Imamzadeh are basically the Syed's or Syeda's as they have descended from the Imams. Imamzadehs are also sayyids, though not all sayyids are considered imamzadehs. There are many important imamzadehs. Two of these are Fātimah bint Mūsā, the sister of Imam Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Twelver Imam, and Zaynab bint Ali, daughter of Ali, considered by Shi'i Muslims to be the first Imam and by Sunni Muslims as the fourth Rashid. Imamzadehs are not traditionally women. == Shrine tomb ==

Imamzadeh is also a term for a shrine-tomb of the descendants of Imams, who are directly related to Muhammad. Popular culture The Imamzadehs were so influential that some cities or parts of cities are named after the Imamzadehs who are buried there, for example, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh in Gilan, Astaneh near Arak, and Shahreza. Notable shrine-tombs • Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine • Imamzadeh Ahmad • Tomb of Seyed Alaeddin Husayn • Tomb of Ali ibn Hamzah, Shiraz • Shah Cheragh • Imamzadeh Esmaeil and Isaiah mausoleum • Imamzadeh Complex, Ganja • Imamzadeh Hamzah, Tabriz • Imamzadeh Hamzeh, Kashmar • Imamzadeh Haroun-e-Velayat • Imamzade Hossein, Qazvin • Imamzadeh Ja'far, Borujerd • Imamzadeh Ja'far, Damghan • Imamzadeh Ja'far, Isfahan • Imamzadeh Mohammad • Imamzadeh Saleh, Shemiran • Imamzadeh Seyed Morteza • Imamzadeh Shah Zeyd • Imamzadeh Sultan Mutahhar, in Rudehen, Iran ==See also==