The story of the tomb of Mahdi Be-Allah in the city of Ilam

When Mansoor Davaniqi the second Abbasid caliph died in 158 A. H. his sonAbu Abdollah Mohammad famous as Mahdi took his position. In 169 A. H Mahditravelled to Masbazan state and after a short sojourn in Rad he died there. Peopleprayed for his corpse and buried him in the same village. In the first few years afterhis death, a mausolem was erected on his grave which was expanded by the caliph,Al-Mostanjed. The Islamic historians have recorded Masbazan as the death placeand burial place of Mahdi, the third Abbasid Caliph. Never the less, Abudelph in thefourth century A. H,Yaqut Hamvi in the 8 th century A. H. And Feria Stark in1312 have refered to his tomb Ilam. The tomb of Mahdi was observed and kept inIlam till the end of 1340’s however it was destroyed later. The present study dealswith the manner of the destruction of this tomb in Ilam.