Imāmzāda (Pers., lit. Imām-descendant) designates descendants of the Twelver Shīʿī Imāms as well as the shrine believed to be a descendant’s tomb. An imāmzāda is held to be a saint-like figure bestowed with the privilege of mediating God’s blessing to supplicants when they visit his or her tomb. The tombs are therefore popular destination for the pilgrimage known as ziyāra (“visitation”; Meri, Ziyāra). The saint’s mediating privilege builds on his or her genealogy, renown, piety, and, sometimes, miraculous powers. In orthodox Shīʿī theology, imāmzādas are not accorded the same…