The characteristics of the door of the shrine's new grid of Aba Al-Fadl Al-Abbas (peace be upon him)

All the parts and pieces of the shrine's new grid of Aba Al-Fadl Al-Abbas (peace be upon him) have design and implementation characteristics in terms of durability, precision and craftsmanship. And among these parts is the door of the holy grid through which one can enters inside the holy grid, and which is complementary to other pieces of the grid and is a beautiful piece of art, especially that it is a spiritual symbol for the visitors.
And it has been completed forming one of the knotworks of the grid (Duhna) but without balls or handles as in the rest of tracery that surround the holy grid.
The doors consists of two pieces (two Tallaqat), separated by a silver column, the width of each piece is 51 cm, height of 11cm and thickness of 7cm, weighing 60 kg each. The amount of the used gold in it is 16406,5 g without the golden crowns, and in addition to 70 kg silver. It is manufactured out of stainless Steel padded inside by the ornate wood and in the exterior it is covered by pure silver blended 2% with gold.
The two parts of the door are mobile and linked to each other by side columns on moving bases (Nirmada) to be able to easily open and close it.
On top of the door there is a golden crown in the middle of which is inscribed the following verse (وَفَضَّلَ اللّهُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا) {..God has exalted in rank those who strive with their wealth and their persons over those who sit still. To each God has promised the best reward..} (4:95) by the Iraqi calligrapher Mr. Ahmed Najim using Thuluth line, manufactured with an amount of 22 carat gold of 12701g.
And in the bottom there is two golden bands on which the Iraqi calligrapher Feras Al-Baghdadi wrote that the grid is manufactured in the factories of the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine and the year of manufacture, using about 3350 of 22 carat gold. These two bands are underlying on a silver decorated band located directly above the door, in which was written in gold (اُدْخُلُوْهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِيْنَ) { "Enter you here in peace, perfectly secure!"} (15:46). also by the Iraqi calligrapher Feras Al-Baghdadi, using 400g of gold.
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