"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الجزء II. ج. ج. لوريمر. ١٩١٥" [‎٢‎٣‎٥‎٧] (١٢٦٢/٨٧٤)

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a mosque in tlie vicinity of Najaf. Other serines of minor importance
associated with the names of members of the Imam family are those
of Abnl Qasim, a son of the Imam Hasan^ and of Saiyid Ibrahim^ a
gonof the Imam Musa, both near Musaiyib • also those of Hamzah and
Jasim, a son and grandson respectively of the Imam Musa, situated
some miles to the eastward of Hillah, and those of Ibn-al-Hasan, the
Banat -al- Hasan and Ibn-al-Hamzah, in the neighbourhood of Tawainj.
The management of the Shfah shrines in ^Iraq is vested in the Administra-
Auqaf or Turkish Department of Religious Endowments, by whom the
custodians and attendants are paid and, it would seem, appointed. At Venues oT
each of the principal shrines, viz., that of ; Ali at Najaf, those of Husain the shrines,
and 'Abbas at Karbala, that of Kadhimain and, apparently, that of
Samarrah, there is a Custodian, called the Kiliddar or Key
Keeper, a Sarkhidmah or Chief Attendant and a variable number
of Khadims or Attendants; the staff at Samarrah are reported to
be Sunnis. The salary of a Custodian is 500 gold piastres (about
£4-10-0) a month, of a Chief Attendant 80 gold piastres (about 145.
U) a month, and of an Attendant (if paid) 25 gold piastres (about
fa. 6d.} a month; but the KiHddar of Najaf is one of the richest
men in Turkish 'Iraq. Paid Attendants number 15 at each of the great
shrines of Karbala and at the shrines of Najaf and Kadhimain ; and there
are also 950 Attendants at Karbala, 250 at Najaf and 30 at Samarrah,
whose existence, though they are unpaid, seems to be officially recogni
sed. For. the finances and accounts of the shrines, which are supported
partly by large endowments in the shape of lands, houses and shops,
and partly by special donations and contributions, the Auqaf are
responsible; and the sacred treasures of the shrines also, consisting
largely of jewellery and objects made from the precious metals, of which
the items and value are not known even approximately to outsiders, are
in charge of the officials of the Department, by whom they are
periodically checked and examined. Registers of donations are kept
by the Kiliddars under the supervision of the Auqaf. It is stated that
the treasures of the shrines may be drawn on for a defensive war against
infidels, but only under a general agreement of the Mujtahids, or by
order of the Sultan of Turkey. The Persian Government make ^ an
annual grant of 3,000 Tumans to the Kiliddars of Karbala for lighting,
another of 2,000 Tumans to the Kiliddar of Najaf for the general
maintenance of 'Ali's tomb, and a third of 1,250 Tumans to the Kilid
dar of Kadhimain,
SM'ali shrines in the Gulf outside 'Iraq.
In the Gulf region, the interest of Shi'ahs being almost altogether
monopolised by the sacred places in 'Iraq just enumerated, there are
few other Shi'ah shrines of importance; but mention may be made ot
Shah Abul Shah in the Hindiyan district on the Persian coast, which
is dedicated to Shaikh 'Abdullah, a brother of Ar-Ridha, the eight i
Imam. Petty shrines are numerous and are generally either Imamzadehs
or Qadamgahs, the former being apparently actual tombs, an c
latter cenotaphs, of members of the family of the Imams,