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Which imam is buried at the shrine in Mashhad?
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Mashhad
Shrine of the imam ʿAlī al-Riḍā, Mashhad, Iran.
The imam buried at the shrine in Mashhad is ʿAlī al-Riḍā, who was the eighth imam of Twelver Shiʿi Islam. He is the only imam entombed on Iranian soil, and his shrine serves as a central religious and economic focal point for the city.12