The Ahlulbayt News Agency website reports that more than five million visitors will commemorate birthday anniversary of Imam al-Mahdi (AS)
in holy city of Karbala by the end of the week.
"More than five million visitors will come to the city, including more than 500,000 Arab and foreign visitors from different parts of the world," Engineer Amal al-Din al-Hurr told Abna.ir reporters.
"The government has intensified efforts to serve the visitors," he added.
The al-Ziyara al-Shaabaniya, literally the mid-Shaaban visit, is a pilgrimage to revive the memory of the birth of Imam al-Mahdi (AS), the 12th holiest figure for Shiites Muslims.
"The government has intensified efforts to serve the visitors," he added.
The al-Ziyara al-Shaabaniya, literally the mid-Shaaban visit, is a pilgrimage to revive the memory of the birth of Imam al-Mahdi (AS), the 12th holiest figure for Shiites Muslims.