Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine
The Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine is a Shi'ite shrine, located near Shahr-e Ray, a southern suburb of Tehran, in the province of Tehran, Iran. According to the inscription in the shrine and the belief of the people, the shrine is the tomb of Shahrbanu who was the wife of the third Shi'ite Imam, Hussein ibn Ali and the mother of the fourth Shi'ite Imam, Ali al-Sajjad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tomb
- Description: shrine in Ray, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Bī Bī Shahrbānū”, “Bībī Shāhr Bano”, “Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine”, “Maqbareh-ye Hazrat Bi Bi Shahrbanu”, and “Maqbareh-ye Ḩaẕrat Bī Bī Shahrbānū”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include قلعه گبری.
قلعه گبری
Castle
Photo: مهدی اشراقی, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gabri Castle is a historical castle located in Ray County in Tehran Province, The longevity of this fortress dates back to the Sasanian Empire. قلعه گبری is situated 4 km west of Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghaniabad and Firuzabad.
Ghaniabad
Village
Ghaniabad is a village in, and the capital of, Ghaniabad Rural District in the Central District of Ray County, Tehran province, Iran. Ghaniabad is situated 5 km southeast of Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine.
Firuzabad
Village
Firuzabad is a village in Chaleh Tarkhan Rural District of Qaleh Now District in Ray County, Tehran province, Iran. Firuzabad is situated 5 km south of Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine.
Zamanabad
Village
Zamanabad is a village in Qaleh Now Rural District of Qaleh Now District in Ray County, Tehran province, Iran. Zamanabad is situated 5 km southeast of Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine.
Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine
- Categories: mausoleum, shrine, cultural property, and burial
- Location: Tehran, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bibi Shahrbanu Shrine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضريح بيبي شهربانو”
- Bengali: “বিবি শাহর বানুর মাজার”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح بيبى شهر بنو”
- Persian: “آرامگاهٔ بی بی شهربانو”
- Persian: “آرامگاه بیبی شهربانو”
- Persian: “آرامگاه بیبیشهربانو”
- Persian: “آرامگاه شهربانو”
- Persian: “ارامگاه بی بی شهربانو”
- Persian: “ارامگاهٔ بی بی شهربانو”
- Persian: “ارامگاه شهربانو”
- Persian: “بيبی شاهر بَنُ”
- Persian: “بی بی شهربانو”
- Persian: “مقبره بیبی شهربانو”
- Persian: “مقبره حضرت بی بی شهربانو”
- Serbian: “Светилиште Биби Шахр Бану”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Svetište Bibi Šahrbanu”
- Urdu: “مقبرہ بی بی شہربانو”
- Western Panjabi: “مقبرہ بی بی شہربانو”
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