The repairing works and modifications of Imam Hussain roza had witnessed since the martyrdom of Imam Hussain AS roza until the present day are included in a form of a timetable with a reference to the date of each one. This timetable is quoted from the book entitled (Al-Husain and Al-Abbas shrines history).
History of Imam Hussain (AS) shrine
| Hijri Year | Gregorian Year | Events |
| 10th Moharram 61 | lst October, 680 | Imam Hussain (sa) was buried at this sacred spot. |
| 65 | 18th August, 684 | Mukhtar ibn Abu Obaidah Thaqafi built an enclosure around the grave, in the form of a mosque and erected a dome over the grave. There were two entrances to this building. |
| 132 | 12th August, 749 | A roof for the roza was built during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Abi Al-Abbas Al-Safah |
| 140 | 31st March, 763 | The roof was destroyed during the reign of Abi Ja’far Al-Mansur |
| 158 | 11th November, 774 | The destroyed roof was rebuilt during Al-Mahdi reign |
| 171 | 22nd June, 787 | During the reign of the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid, the mausoleum was destroyed and the lote-tree that stood besides the grave of Imam Husain (sa) was cut down. |
| 193 | 25th October, 808 | The destroyed roof was rebuilt during Al-Mahdi reign |
| 236 | 15th July, 850 | The Caliph al-Mutawakkil destroyed the mausoleum and ordered the nearby land, including the grave, to be plowed. |
| 247 | 17th March, 861 | Al-Muntasir reconstructed the shrine. A flag column was put on it to be recognizable by the visitors, many shi’as started to travel and settle there |
| 273 | 8th June, 886 | The construction built by Al-Muntasir collapsed; the ruler of Tubristan Mohammed son of Mohammed son of Zaid rebuilt it |
| 280 | 23rd March, 893 | The Alid representative built a dome in the centre, with two roofs, on either side and an enclosure with two entrances. |
| 307 | 19th August, 977 | Adzd ibn Boweih rebuilt the dome, the surrounding galleries and constructed a screen of teak wood around the sepulchre. He also constructed houses all round the shrine and erected the boundary wall of the city. At the same time Imran ibn Shahin built a mosque adjacent to the tomb. |
| 407 | 10th June, 1016 | The buildings were damaged by fire and the Vizier, Al-Hassan ibn Al-Fadhil rebuilt them. |
| 479 | 1086 | The king Shah visited the holy shrine and reconstructed the shrine’s outer fence |
| 620 | 4th February, 1223 | The tomb was renovated by an-Nasir li-Din Allah |
| 757 | 18th Sept. 1365 | Sultan Owais ibn Hasan Jalairi remodelled the dome and raised the walls of the enclosure. |
| 780 | 24th Feb. 1384 | Ahmad ibn Owais erected two minarets covered with gold and extended the courtyard. |
| 914 | 1508 | When Shah Ismail Safawi visited the holy shrine he built a sacrophagus of the inlaid work over the grave. |
| 920 | 26th Feb. 1514 | The Safavid Sultan Ismaiel visited Karbala and built a box made of teak wood on the grave |
| 932 | 1526 | Sultan Ismaiel Al-Safawy donated a big fabulous silver net to be put on the grave |
| 983 | 1575 | Ali Basha, the governor of Baghdad called (Wannd Zadah) renewed the dome’s construction |
| 1032 | 5th Nov. 1622 | Shah Abbas Safavi constructed the screens (darih) of brass and bronze and decorated the dome with Kashani tiles. |
| 1048 | 15th May 1638 | Othman Sultan Murad IV, when he visited the holy shrine, whitewashed the exterior of the dome. |
| 1135 | 1722 | The wife of Nadir Shah gave orders to an overall reconstruction of the holy shrine and donated money for the shrine |
| 1155 | 8th March 1742 | Sultan Nadir Shah visited the holy shrine and decorated the building and offered valuable presents to the treasury of the shrine. |
| 1211 | 7th July 1796 | Shah Muhammad al-Qajary plastered the dome with gold |
| 1216 | 14th May, 1801 | Wahabbies attacked Karbala, destroyed the shrine, and looted the sepulcher |
| 1227 | 1812 | The shrine destroyed, Karbala’s people wrote a letter to the Sultan Fatih Ali Shah Qajary to help in restoring it, and he ordered to renew the dome and replace its golden plates, he sent an envoy to supervise the work |
| 1232 | 21st Nov., 1817 | Sultan Fatih Ali Shah renewed the silver Mesh and decorated the golden Iwan with gold and reconstructed what the Wahabbies had destroyed |
| 1250 | 1834 | Sultan Fatih Ali Shah built the two domes of the holy shrines of Imam Hussein and Abbas, he appointed his deputy Sadir A’dam (Ibrahim Khan AL-Shirazy) |
| 1273 | 1856 | Sultan Nasir Al-Deen Shah Qajary renewed the construction of the dome of the holy shrine and some of the gilding |
| 1283 | 16th May, 1866 | Nasiruddin Shah Qachar extended the courtyard of the shrine. |
| 1351 | 1932 | Renovating the base pillars of the courtyard. |
| 1358 | 21st February, 1939 | Dr. Taher Saifud-din, 51st Dai-el-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community offered a set of screens of solid silver which are fixed in the shrine. |
| 1360 | 29th January, 1941 | Dr. Taher Saifud-din, 5lst Dai-el-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community rebuilt the western minaret. |
| 1367 | 20th Dec., 1948 | Syed Abdul Rasul Khalsi, Administrator of Karbala acquired the houses in the neighbourhood of the courtyard according to the price fixed by the government, to build a road around the holy mausoleum and to extend the courtyard. |
| 1370 | 1950 | The Late Sabry Al-Hilaly, the handwriting artist, wrote the Sura (chapter) of (Al-Daher) in the holy shrines of Imam Hussein (SA)and Abbas and started working on the eastern side which was later attached to the courtyard and he used the precious Kashani bricks for decorating the Iwans. |
| 1371 | 1951 | The dome reconstructed and golden bricks were interposed for the second time. |
| 1373 | 1953 | The decorated mirrors of the holy shrine were renewed along with all porches, precious marble were brought from Asfahan to cover the walls of the two holy shrines, the upper part of the golden Iwan was gilded. |
| 1383 | 1964 | Reconstruction committee raised the Iwans and paved their walls with Kashanin bricks. |
| 1384 | 1965 | A Charitable person donated marble pillars to the golden Iwan. |
| 1388 | 1968 | The marble pillars were brought from Iran, they started demolishing the old Iwan’s ceiling and the cranes were sent to set up the marble. |
| 1390 | 1970 | Iron pillars were connected with underground bridges as bases of the marble pillars. |
| 1392 | 1973 | The cornerstone was placed for the building of the golden Iwan’s structure. |
| 1394 | 1974 | A plan for modernizing the shrine of Imam Hussein (SA)was put into action, it included rebuilding the golden Iwan with marble pillars and the western side of the courtyard was demolished and its walls paved with Kashani bricks. |
| 1395 | 1975 | The renovation process of the two holy shrines was launched, the front facades were covered with Kashani bricks, and a library and museum were built on the western side of the holy Imam Hussein (SA)shrine. |
| 1396 | 1976 | Ministry of Endowments decorated and restored the golden Iwan with Kashani and mosaic. |
| 1400 | 1980 | The related parts of the outer fence (hotels and houses and trade shops) were demolished, an outer fence of 11, 3 meters high surrounding the shrine was built with rooms and halls. |
| 1424 | 2003 | Establishing of the engineering body in the holy shrine that is the “committee of projects and quality control” (called after endorsing the new management law of the holy shrines the Section of Engineering and Technical Affairs), this Section established after the fall of the tyrant Saddam by the authorization of the highest committee formed by the highest Religious Authority to manage the holy shrines of Karbala , this committee has started on the day of its establishment,a development campaign to the holy shrine, it included replacing the outer fence’s rooms with service and managerial and engineering rooms instead, in addition to ten technical workshops, a religious school and two libraries ( one electronic) and a guestroom for the visitors and various stores and a security video monitoring system. |
| 1st Ramdan 1424 | 2003 | The establishment of the Media Committee, it consists of various departments, they are: audio and visual production Dep., It produces all the audio and the visual related to the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (SA) whether those related to the other sections fro documenting them their work or to record the different and various activities during the days of the special occasions when they exercise the special rites, also the section of celebrations making and supervising the T.V. channels work and Internet section which job was limited on receiving the e-mails and political reports making. |
| 1425 | 2004 | Two halls were opened in the western fence side; cultural sections were opened including developing the Internet section which designed the holy shrine’s website and forming the publication section which issues a monthly magazine and weekly newspaper and the visitor’s guide with many different paper editions. |
| 1426 | 2005 | A video broadcasting system from the holy shrine on the internet was opened for the religious and cultural activities of the holy shrine; it was the first of its kind among all other holy shrines in the world. |
| 1426 | 2005 | Inaugurating the project of building the second floor with (4000) meters, it includes a big hall for the religious commemorations and conferences, another one for the antiques museum and many other study halls and a researches centre related to the library and the manuscripts room and many other managerial and technical rooms. |
| 1426 | 2005 | Launching the project of covering the two minarets with gilded copper bricks and it was at the expense of the shrine’s earnings of two years after the tyrant’s fall, Iraqi teamwork has the lead in the main technical works and an Indian workers working on the adhesion and fixing works. |
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