Mausoleum of Yacoub bin Abd al-Rahman (Arabic: مقام يعقوب بن عبد الرحمن) is a mausoleum dedicated to Yacoub bin Abd al-Rahman, tabi'e, qāriʾ and hadith narrator.
[2] Yacoub bin Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad, who passed away in the year 181 AH,[3] is mentioned in sources to have arrived in Alexandria with his companion Abdullah ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin and his aunt Zaynab bint al-Husayn, after the turmoil of the killing of Husayn.
He was known to be proficient in hadiths, and he is buried alongside his family in the complex of shrines in the Abu al-Abbas area.
[7] Both men taught the religion of Islam to the locals at the site where both shrines are now present.
[9] Inside, the grave of Yaqub ibn Abd al-Rahman is under a wooden cenotaph that is covered with a green cloth.