ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI iii. THE PASSION (TAʿZIA) OF ḤOSAYN The taʿzia (literally “mourning”) is a dramatic form which Shiʿite Muslims…

GRAPHIC ARTS. Broadly speaking, graphic art and design have a long history in Persia. Their antecedents can be seen in…

TAʿZIA, Arabic verbal noun from form II ʿazza (‘to express sympathy with, to console, to mourn’), a term used for…

NAḴL, one of the principal objects related to the mourning rituals commemorating the suffering and martyrdom of Imam Ḥosayn b….