{{Short description|Park in Baghdad, Iraq}} {{Infobox building | name = Al Rahbi Park | native_name = حديقة الرحبي | native_name_lang = ara | image = File:قبر الامام الطبري 2.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = The park in 2017 | pushpin_map = Iraq | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = Shown within Iraq | pushpin_mapsize = 275 | coordinates = {{coord|33.3746423|44.3631162|type:landmark_region:IQ|display=inline,title}} | status = Active | building_type = | architectural_style = | classification = | location = | address = | location_city = Adhamiyah, Baghdad | location_country = Iraq | completion_date = | renovation_date = | designations = | known_for = Containing the tomb of the renowned Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari | references = | footnotes = }} '''Al Rahbi Park''' (Arabic: حديقة الرحبي) is a park located in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |title=964 عربي {{!}} صور من الأعظمية: حديقة الرحبي بحلة جديدة.. شلالات ومقاعد جلوس وألعاب للأطفال |url=https://nabd.com/s/126925499-64665b/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9..-%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=موقع نبض}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-11 |title=تاريخ الأعظمية-مدينة الإمام الأعظم أبي حنيفة النعمان - أعظمي، وليد - Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DnFtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%8A%22 |access-date=2024-04-02 |last1=وليد |first1=الاعظمي، }}</ref> The park is known for containing the tomb of the famous Muslim scholar, Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (839–923 CE), the author of the ''Tarikh al-Tabari'' historical chronicle and the famed ''Tafsir al-Tabari'' exegesis of the Qur'an.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-16 |title=Tomb of Imam Tabari رحمة الله عليه - AtlasIslamica |url=https://atlasislamica.com/tomb-of-imam-tabari-%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%87/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Imam ibn Jarir Al-Tabari (رحمه الله); One who led his entire life like Ramadan! – Al-Miftah |url=https://al-miftah.com/imam-ibn-jarir-al-tabari-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-one-who-led-his-entire-life-like-ramadhan/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=al-miftah.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ibn Jarir at-Tabari |url=https://adviceforparadise.com/profiles/35/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=AdviceForParadise |language=en}}</ref> == Tomb of Al-Tabari == The tomb of the famous Muslim jurist and scholar, Al-Tabari, is located at a far corner of Al Rahbi Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=في ذكرى وفاة ابن جرير الطبري.. صاحب أشهر كتب التفسير.. هل كان شيعيًا؟ |url=https://www.masrawy.com/islameyat/makalat-other/details/2021/6/7/2036289/%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%84-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%A7-?amp |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.masrawy.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017-04-01 |title=حديقة الرحبي - محافظة بغداد |url=http://wikimapia.org/3995567/ar/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%8A |access-date=2024-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401144858/http://wikimapia.org/3995567/ar/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%8A |archive-date=2017-04-01 }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=بحث |url=https://search.mandumah.com/MyResearch/Home |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=search.mandumah.com}}</ref> The tomb, which had been forgotten for years, was rediscovered in 2002 when several old houses were demolished to expand the area of the park.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=قبر المؤرخ محمد الطبري |url=https://rahm.ahlamountada.com/t9239-topic |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=rahm.ahlamountada.com |language=ar}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Archaeologists and historians including Imad Abd al-Salam Rauf<ref>{{Cite news |title=Imad Abd al-Salam Rauf, an Iraqi thinker who loved history and found the grave of the last Abbasid Caliph |url=https://www.alestiklal.net/ar/article/dep-news-1624920827}}</ref> subsequently identified the tomb as belonging to Al-Tabari, and the place was made into a heritage site.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
In late 2017, locals reported that the tomb was in a state of neglect and filthy, with rubbish being dumped on it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2018-10-17 |title=شاهد.. القمامة تحوط قبر الإمام أبو جعفر الطبرى فى بغداد |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2018/10/17/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B7-%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF/3994450 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> Subsequent pictures showed the grave in a dilapidated and filthy condition, with litter strewn everywhere.<ref name=":1" /> Locals were unsatisfied with the condition of the tomb, and went online to voice the matter of the government's lack of interest in preserving the tomb.<ref name=":1" />
In 2018, the Sunni Endowment Office announced that a new mausoleum structure, or shrine, would be built around the pre-existing grave of Al-Tabari, headed by Abdul Latif Hamim under the supervision of Saad Mahmoud Al Qaisi, the current Director General of the Department of Religious Shrines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-09 |title=دائرة الأضرحة تباشر بناء مرقد وضريح الإمام الطبري في منطقة الأعظمية |url=https://sunniaffairs.gov.iq/ar/%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b6%d8%b1%d8%ad%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%af-%d9%88%d8%b6%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=ديوان الوقف السني |language=ar}}</ref> === Gallery === <gallery> File:قبر الامام الطبري 5.jpg|The tombstone of Al-Tabari, which reads: ''Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī was born in Tabaristan, Shawwal 270 (224–310 AH). His poetry says, “If I live long, my Lord does not know, and I become self-sufficient, so my friend becomes self-sufficient, my life, the protector of my face, my prosperity, my demand, my companion.”'' File:قبر الامام الطبري 3.jpg|The tomb in 2017 </gallery>
== See also == *Garden of Ridván, Baghdad *Sami Abdulrahman Park
== References == {{reflist}} Category:Parks in Iraq Category:Tourist attractions in Baghdad Category:Buildings and structures in Baghdad Category:Tourism in Iraq