The Timurid Goharshad Mosque, 1418 C.E., abuts the golden dome of the Shrine of the 8th Imam Reza in Mashad, the only Imam of the 12 to die and be buried in Iran. Click for the shrine of Imam Reza's sister Fatimah, Hazrat-i Massoumeh, in Qom. Alternate picture is of the Jamkaran mosque on the outskirts of Qom where believers pray for the return of the 12th Imam, Hazrat Mahdi.
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