What is Saad Ibn Aqeel Shrine?
'''Saad ibn Aqeel Shrine''' was a [[Shia]] [[mausoleum]] and [[Hussainiya|husseiniya]] in [[Tal Afar]] in northern [[Iraq]]. It was close to the [[Sheikh Jawad Mosque]]. Tal Afar is a city located in the Nineveh Governorate of northern Iraq which is inhabited by [[Turkic peoples|Iraqi Turkmen]] people who speak the local Iraqi Turkmen dialect of [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]. The shrine had a golden dome over the mausoleum of Saad Ibn Aqeel. One of his [[ancestor]]s was [[Aqeel ibn Abi Talib]]. The grave of Saad Ibn Aqeel was in a [[zarih]]. The shrine was completely destroyed in 2014 by [[ISIS]] after they captured the city of Tal Afar. {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Iran]]