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Mausoleum of Hazrat Zaynab (SA) in Syria

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hazrat Zaynab (SA) was born on the 5th of Jumada I in 5 AH in Medina to Imam Ali (AS) and Hazrat Zahra (SA). Her most famous name is "Zaynab", which literally means "a scenic tree with a beautiful fragrance".

She married Abd Allah b. Ja'far al-Tayyar and gave birth to three sons named Ali, Awn, and Jafar and one daughter Umm Kulthum.

According to narrations, she passes away on the 15th of Rajab, 62 AH and laid to rest in Syria’s Damascus.