Jawad Nasrallah

Sayyid Jawad Kadhim Nasrallah (Arabic: جواد كاظم آل نصر الله‎; died January 2, 1808) was an Iraqi nobleman that served as the 43rd custodian of the Imam Husayn shrine from 1802 until 1808.[1][2][3][4]

Sayyid Jawad Nasrallah
السيد جواد نصر الله
43rd Custodian of the Imam Husayn Shrine
In office June 2, 1802 – January 2, 1808
Preceded by	Musa al-Wahab
Succeeded by	Ali al-Tawil Nasrallah
Personal details
Born	Jawad Kadhim Nasrallah al-Faizi c. 1725 Karbala, Iraq
Died	January 2, 1808 Karbala, Iraq
Resting place	Imam Husayn Shrine
Children	1
Relatives	Nasrallah al-Haeri (grandfather)

Biography

Nasrallah was born c. 1725 to Kadhim Nasrallah. His grandfather Nasrallah al-Faizi, is the patriarch of the Nasrallah family, and a prominent scholar and poet. He hails from the noble Al Faiz family.[1]

After Musa al-Wahab was killed in the sack of Karbala on April 22, 1802, some of the city's dignitaries, Sayyid Ali al-Tabatabei, Sayyid Murtadha Al Daraj (the naqib then), Sheikh Ali Abd al-Rasool (saden of the Abbas shrine), sent a transcript to the governor, Sulayman Pasha, requesting that Nasrallah be the saden of the Husayn shrine, and so on June 2, 1802, an imperial decree was issued declaring Nasrallah the saden of the Husayn shrine.[2][5]

Due to his position, Nasrallah was sometimes known as Jawad al-Killidar (Arabic: الكليدار‎), which roots from the Persian words, kileet (Persian: كليت‎) and dar (Persian: دار‎), which translates to key holder. This was a name often given to those that take on the role of tending to holy shrines.[6] However, Nasrallahs descendants did not carry the name, and remained with Nasrallah.[5]

With the help of the son of Sayyid Muhammad Mehdi al-Shahristani (d. 1801), he combined the mosque that headquartered the Sunni mufti of Karbala with the grand courtyard, forcing the garrison of Karbala, Amin Agha Turk[7], to relocate the mufti to the small courtyard also known as the Buyid graveyard.[2]

In 1804, he supervised the expansion of the precinct of the grave, adding Ibrahim al-Mujab's grave and rawaq (hallway) to the north west side of the precinct.[8]

His son Ali al-Tawil (progenitor of House al-Tawil of Al Nasrallah), was appointed as saden, after his death.[9]

Death

Nasrallah died on Saturday, January 2, 1808, and was buried in the Al Nasrallah graveyard in the Imam Husayn shrine.[2]

See also

• Imam Husayn shrine
• Al Faiz family

References

1. Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1998). Asha'er Karbala Wa 'Usariha [Tribes and Families of Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Baydha'. pp. 229–30.
2. Nasrallah, Abdul Sahib. Sidanat al-Rowdha al-Hussainiya wal-Abbasiya [Custodianship of The Shrines' of Hussain and Abbas] (in Arabic). pp. 168–69.
3. Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1983). Turath Karbala [Heritage of Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Mu'asasat al-A'lami lil-Matboo'at. p. 182.
4. al-Fadala, Dr. Saleh (2013). al-Jawhar al-Afeef Fi Ma'rifat al-Nasab al-Nabawi al-Sharif [The Noble Prophetic Lineage]. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyah. p. 565. ISBN 9782745178664.
5. al-Karbassi, Ayatullah Sheikh Sadiq (1 February 2014). Tarikh al-Sidana al-Hussainiya [The History of the Custodianship of Imam Hussain's Shrine] (in Arabic). Hussaini Charitable Trust. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-908286-99-4.
6. al-Karbassi, Ayatullah Sheikh Sadiq (1 February 2014). Tarikh al-Sidana al-Hussainiya [The History of the Custodianship of Imam Hussain's Shrine] (in Arabic). Hussaini Charitable Trust. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-908286-99-4.
7. Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1988). Karbalāʼ Fī al-Dhākirah [Memories Of Karbala] (in Arabic). p. 43.
8. al-Karbassi, Ayatollah Dr. Mohammed Sadiq (1 December 2002). Tarikh al-Maraqid (al-Husayn, Wa Ahli Baytih, Wa Ansarih) (in Arabic). 2. London, UK: Hussaini Centre for Research. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-902490-25-0.
9. Nasrallah, Abdul Sahib. Sidanat al-Rowdha al-Hussainiya wal-Abbasiya [Custodianship of The Shrines' of Hussain and Abbas] (in Arabic). pp. 169–70.