| Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar | |
| Native Name: | مرقد ميثم التمار |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Map Type: | Iraq |
| Map Size: | 240 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 32.0265°N 44.395°W |
| Religious Affiliation: | Shi'a |
| Location: | Kufa, Iraq |
| Rite: | Twelver Shi'a |
| Festivals: | --> |
| Province: | Najaf province |
| Organisational Status: | Mosque and shrine |
| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Functional Status: | Active |
| Architecture Type: | mosque, mausoleum |
| Year Completed: | Unknown, but present building is modern (2011) |
| Date Destroyed: | --> |
| Dome Quantity: | 1 |
| Dome Dia Outer: | 9 metres |
| Dome Dia Inner: | 9 metres |
| Minaret Quantity: | 2 |
| Minaret Height: | 28 metres |
| Shrine Quantity: | 1 |
| Elevation Ft: | --> |
The Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar (Arabic: مرقد ميثم التمار) is a Shi'ite religious complex located in Kufa, Iraq. It is dedicated to Maytham ibn Yahya al-Tammar, a companion of Ali ibn Abi Talib who was killed by the Umayyad governor Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad.[1] The mosque and shrine complex is located to the west of the Great Mosque of Kufa.
Maytham al-Tammar was executed in the year 680 by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad.[1] He was buried at this spot. The date of construction of the mausoleum over his grave is not known. However, a structure already existed there in the twentieth century.In 2011, the mausoleum was rebuilt and expanded. Subsequently, the structure was converted into a Shi'ite mosque. Two minarets were added, and the dome over the shrine was replaced with a larger one which had more decorations on it. Then in 2017, a new zarih was built around the grave of Maytham al-Tammar.[2] It was constructed from Isfahan and then shipped to Kufa, where it was reassembled around the grave.[2]
The present mosque and mausoleum/shrine complex has one dome and two minarets.[3] The dome has a diameter of 9 metres, while the minarets have a length of 28 metres and a diameter of 2.5 metres. The tomb of Maytham al-Tammar is located underneath the dome, and a zarih encloses it.[2] This zarih was built in Isfahan, and its area is 20 square metres.[2] It is made from wood, and inlaid with copper and silver attachments.[2]
In 2006, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near the shrine of Maytham al-Tammar in Kufa, Iraq.[4] The bomb was detonated in between two vans carrying Iranian pilgrims to the shrine. Twelve innocent civilians were killed and 37 more were injured as a result of the car bomb. Out of the 12 killed, 8 of them were Iranians, and out of the 37 that were injured, 22 of them were Iranian.