Jamkaran is a village in Qanavat Rural District , in the Central District of Qom County , Qom Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 8,368 , in 1,747 families .
Jamkaran is located on the outskirts of Qom , and is the site of the Jamkaran Mosque , a popular pilgrimage site for Shi'ite Muslims . Local belief has it that Muhammad al-Mahdi - the Twelfth Imam , a messiah figure Shia believe will lead the world to an era of universal peace - once appeared and offered prayers at Jamkaran . On Tuesday evenings large crowds of thousands gather at Jamkaran to pray and to drop a note to the Imam in a well at the site , asking for help with some problem .
