Visitation of a King to the Shrine of Imam al-Reza ('a)

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of VISITATION OF A KING TO THE SHRINE OF IMAM AL REZA as recorded in Shia traditions.
VISITATION OF A KING TO THE SHRINE OF IMAM AL REZA
(A)
Fourth: The author of Matla' al-Shams (a book of history) has
mentioned that Shah 'Abbas | (AD 1588-1629) resided in
Mashhad on the twenty-fifth of Dhu'l-Hijjah, AH 1006 after
'Abd al-Rahman the Uzbek had robbed the holy shrine of
Imam al-Rida, leaving nothing except the golden fence. On
the twenty-eighth of the same month, Shah 'Abbas I headed
towards the city of Harat and brought back all the robbed
things and arranged the affairs in that city. When he came
back to Mashhad, he resided for a whole month during which
he reconstructed the yard of Imam al-Rida's holy shrine,
conferred upon the custodians of that holy place generously,
and endued them with his kindness. When he returned to
Iraq, he visited Khurasan again in AH 1008 and spent the
entire winter there. During this period, he had the honor of
serving the holy shrine by himself.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HOLY SHRINE
Fulfilling the vow that he had made, Shah 'Abbas 1, in AH
1009, traveled to the holy shrine of Imam al-Rida walking. He
covered this long distance in twenty-eight days. When he
arrived in Khurasan, he ordered to enlarge the yard of the
holy shrine. At that time, the entrance to the holy shrine was
from the hall known as 'Ali Shir's Hall, which was an untidy
hall to the end of one side of the holy shrine. Shah 'Abbas l
thus ordered the yard to be reconstructed in a way making
this hall lie in its center. He then built another hall in the
opposite side. He also built a central way that passed
through the two gates of the yard and the hall and enrolled
the city from its western gate to the eastern. He also dug out
many springs and channels in the city. In the middle of this
public central street, he dug a rivulet flowing to a big pond
that he made in the center of the yard of the holy shrine to
penetrate it towards the eastern side of the street.
The inscriptions found on these buildings were carved by
Mirza Muhammad Rida Sadr al-Kuttab, 'Ali Rida al-'Abbasi,
and Muhammad Rida al-lmami.
Shah 'Abbas I also gilded the blessed dome, as is known
from the inscription carved on this dome and reading the
following: "In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-
merciful. This is one of the greatest successful matters that
Allah the All-glorified has granted to the greatest Sultan, the
lord of the Iranians, the owner of the Prophetic immaculate
lineage and the 'Alid dazzling pedigree, who seeks blessings
from the dust of the feet of the custodians of this Divinely
purified shrine and the visitors of this Paradisiacal, shining
garden, and who propagates the traditions of his infallible
forefathers, the Safavid Sultan and the son of the Sultan,
Abu'l-Muzaffar Shah 'Abbas al-Husayni al-Musawi Bahadir
Khan who had the pleasure to walk on feet from the
sultanate house in Isfahan to visit this most honorable
sanctuary. He had the honor of gilding this dome from his
purest money in AH 1010. This was finished in AH 1016."