"We received on Tuesday 26 August the 1,450 kilograms of silver that we ordered in Switzerland and we will start work in two or three days," secretary-general of the Al-Abbas (AS) mausoleum, Ahmed al-Safi said.
"We were able to buy the precious metal through thousands of donations from pilgrims."
Silver on international markets was trading on Wednesday at $13.60 an ounce.
History of the recent Zarih dates back to 1966 and it was made on the directives of late Al-Marje Al-Aala Sayed Mohsen Al-Hakim.
The holy zarih was damaged owing to less care of the ousted Saddam regime.
Meanwhile, another important plan regading the holy shrine is gold plating of its holy minarets.
source : Jafariyanews
Monday
15 June 2009
7:30:00 PM
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HOLY KARBALA, Iraq: Iraqis have purchased about $US69 million worth of silver from Swiss dealers to refurbish the damaged holy Zarih (netting around the holy grave) of Abi’l Fadhl Al-Abbas (AS) in the holy city of Karbala.