Javan Mard-e Ghassab Tomb (in Persian بقعه جوانمرد قصاب lit. "Tomb of the chivalrous butcher") is a building in Shahr-e Ray located in south of Tehran. It was built during the Qajar period, at sometime during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.[1][2]
| Javan Mard-e Ghassab Tomb | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Twelver Shi'a |
| District | Javanmard Qasab |
| Province | Tehran Province |
| Location | |
| Location | Shahr-e Ray, Iran |
  Shown within Iran | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°36′30″N 51°25′31″E / 35.6082484°N 51.4253494°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | mausoleum |
| Style | Qajar (Persian architectural style) |
| Materials | brick |
The mausoleum is adjacent to the Javanmard-e-Ghassab Metro Station. The whole district surrounding the mausoleum and the railway station is known as Javanmard Qasab.
Javanmard Ghassab
editJavanmard Ghassab (Persian: جوانمرد قصاب) is a semi-legendary historical character. According to the legend, Javanmard Ghassab was a butcher who refused to sell meat to a slave girl, because she had made him angry several times complaining about the quality of the meat.[2][3] Ali ibn Abi Talib was just passing by, and heard the slave girl crying; and consequently, he learned about what had happened.[2][3] Ali then came up to the shop and requested Javanmard to give her the meat she wanted.[2][3] Javanmard was one of the faithful believers of Ali, but he did not recognize him by face, so he refused to give the slave girl what she wanted.[2][3] But after Ali had left, Javanmard was told by a passerby that Ali was the one who had visited him.[2][3] This made him feel very ashamed of himself, and he resorted to cutting out his own eyes and arm out to be sent to Ali in grievance, for forgiveness.[2][3] His apology was accepted, then Ali read out Surah al-Fatihah and restored him to his normal condition.[2][3]
Other legends state that Javanmard Ghassab was a young butcher whom Ali rewarded with three gold rings after the Khaybar event for helping to sharpen his sword.[1] No detailed information, however, is found for any person named Javanmard Ghassab.[2] It is also theorised that the entombed is in fact the Sufi mystic, Abul-Abbas Qassab Amoli, who is a real person and not semi-legendary.[1]
Architecture
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The plan of this mausoleum is quadrangular.[2][1] The building of the mausoleum itself is situated in the centre of a garden, which is separated from it by a large metal fence, stretched all around the building.[2][1] Inside the mausoleum, there is a simple black marble tombstone over the grave of Javanmard Ghassab, enclosed in a protective glass case.[2][1] The tombstone's inscription reads;[1]
This young man, the butcher, was the lion of Yazdan. May his grave be in the heaven, for it was a place of pilgrimage for those who had faith.
Other tombs dedicated to Javanmard Ghassab
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In the city of Dezful, there is another tomb dedicated to Javanmard Ghassab.[1] It is said that this tomb is just a symbolic one.[2]
See also
edit- Javanmard-e-Ghassab Metro Station, a train station named after this place.
- List of mausoleums in Iran, for a full list of the many mausoleums in Iran.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "بقعه جوانمرد قصاب کجاست - شهرستان تهران، استان تهران - توریستگاه". Touristgah. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "بقعه جوانمرد قصاب - مجله مِستر بلیط" (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g www.sirang.com, Sirang Rasaneh. "Javan Mard-e Ghassab Tomb 2023 | Shahr-e-Rey, Tehran | Sights - ITTO". itto.org | Iran Tourism & Touring. Retrieved 2023-12-15.