... 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...

...- battle of Karbala in the majlis mourning assem- mah’s mystical visit to the Khan family’s mehndi Mystical bly. Fatimah’s epithet al-­Mansurah (one who mourning assembly corroborated this story...

... with couplet releases the speaker from any gender love upon her, for her fingertips are dyed bright specificity in order to comment on Chanda’s with henna (mehndi) in the style of a dancer. qualities of loving devotion. This convention is Her fingertips are so red...