... of Hyderabad, an important location within the Shi'i cosmpolitan, has strongly resisted campaigns launched by the religious elite of Iran and Iraq to homogenize its “vernacular” Muharram ritual-devotional practices. This article examined the contested nature of the mehndi ceremony of Qasem, who was married...

... in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi . Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press , 2017 . Copyright © 2020 by Duke University Press 2020 Islam princely state Khojas tazia Muharram communalism sovereignty In early modern and colonial-era India, struggles for sovereignty took place...

... Karbala at death Husayn’s Imam. the Shi‘i of third grandson the Husayn, and Imam of Muhammad martyrdom Prophet the of commemoration Muslim Shi‘i hr—sLbns eoyial ee otefis e aso Muharram...

... day commonly (a Muharram of month the of day tenth...

... www.islaam.org.uk and www.islamicboard  .com. See also Majlisi, Bihar al-­Anwar, 1 0 8   –   1 0 . dream to her father, who told her to return On 10 Muharram, Imam Husayn was killed the ring under her pillow so that it might be on the battlefield of Karbala. This tragic event 391 restored...

... from amateur recordings of his recitations. Families played these cassettes during Muharram and Safar, the somber months of the Shi'i calendar, to recreate his recitations in their homes or cars. 48 There were other cassettes as well, some more formalized audio ethnographies, such as “Dashtiye...

..., Prophet Muhammad declared on the tenth day (‘Ashura) of the Islamic month 21. The other books from the primer series fall into ‘Ali patron or mawla (as one who has wilaya) over all Muharram. See Ali J. Hussain, “The Mourning of two types: instructional manuals and hagiographies. Muslims at Ghadir...

... of the Awakening of Iranians: Introduction)(Tehran: and the Tehran Sur-i Israfil (Trumpet Call of Seraph), of hygiene, humanism, and civilization during this Bonyad-i Farhang-i Iran, 1967/68), 215; and Sadeq Saj- no. 24, 24 Muharram AH 1326 (27 February 1908). period, see also...

..., marginalized the of be- cause Partly activism. self- collective quietist over encourag- emphasizing examination for than and rather analysis, ing emotion versions eliciting traditional for more criticizing while “authen- as tic” Muharram of rituals politicized itly explic- revised, the endorsed reli- have how...

... protests broke out To protest the shah’s dictatorial approach, the in May and June 1963 during Muharram, the National Front called for a strike and demon- Shi’i month of mourning. The mourning ritu...

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... to take action. Authori- The Wahhabi attack on Karbala and treat- ties in Istanbul insisted on their decision, and, ment of the Shia during their sacred month of after three years of correspondence, Süleyman Muharram shocked many Muslims and imperial...

...-mubrim fi anna man‘ al-usul wa al-furu‘ min irthihim muharram (Conclusive statement on preventing inheritance for parents and children is definitely prohibited). He was a Shafi‘i author of Egyptian origin with a considerable readership during and after his life, particularly through his commentary...

... in millions who Muharram; now the possibility of converting the large otherwise took no note of public affairs religious festivals into mass political rallies was brought The Congress leadership’s stand on issues per- up.62 Soon, instead of Muharram being a common taining to women was already clear...

... reli- would make that revolution possible in the first gion, for Shari’ati it was the intellectual (rowshan- place. The timing of the speeches — in the month fekr) who constituted a righteous and enlightened of Muharram, during the two years when it corre- example to be followed. Those working...

... is a transformation of “Ya Government of British India, from the Arabic, Persian, Hasan! Ya Hosain!” — a Muslim mourning chant dur- Hindustani, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Uriya, Marathi, ing Muharram processions. The term was seen as an Guzarathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Other Lan- exemplar of assimilated...

... of the neighborhood, they said: “Some- or boys, come here during Muharram. There times unsuitable guys come here and their pres- are two squares, and , which are famous in ence annoys us. Boys and girls also come to sit performing this ritual in Tehran. . . . The only together and do some o ensive...

..., the Muharram viewed as a necessary way of combating disease. ceremonies that the Shia hold dear - but also in its The parliament viewed its defense of the home- conviction of European supremacy and enlighten- land from infection and disease as a patriotic mission ment. Churchill’s anticipated...

... and to the warriors as “Karbalai,” a transcoding of the honorary title for someone who visits Karbala to a description of one who is willing, like Imam Hussein, to give his life for the sake of the community. The Battle of Karbala is experienced by Shia Muslims with passion and emotion every Muharram (the first month...