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Titre
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En
The Evening of Ashura
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Fr
Le soir de l'Achoura
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Type
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Poster
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Créateur/ Créatrice
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Mahmoud Farshchian (b. 1930)
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Identifiant
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ME.10-2011
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Format
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Paper, laminated with printed design in coloured ink
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Dimension
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29× 40cm
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Lieu de découverte
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Iran
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Résumé
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En
In Iran, religious posters are commonly displayed in homes, workplaces and religious buildings. This poster depicts the female members of Imam Husayn's family mourning his death at the Battle of Karbala in 680AD.
The majority of Iran’s population are Shi'ia Muslims. The Shi’ite sect began in the 650s, when Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and Husayn’s father became Caliph (leader of the Muslim people). In the years following Mohammad's death there were contesting claims to power; the supporters of Ali and his family became known as the Shiites, which means "the followers of Ali”. In 680 the Umayyad Caliph weakened Shi’ite rule by killing Husayn, along with most of his male family and followers at Karbala in Iraq. Shi'ites remember the death of Husayn every year during the month of Muharram. Posters such as this one are a visual reminder of Husayn's martydom.
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Date
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ca. 1990
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Contribution
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Dr Patricia L. Baker
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Source
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Given by Dr Patricia L. Baker
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Edition
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Middle East Section)
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Citation bibliographique
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1. Baker, Patricia, Islam and the Religious Arts, London, Continuum, 2004, ISBN 0826456057, p. 255. 2. Flaskerud, Ingvild, Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism, London, Continuum, 2010, ISBN 9781441149077, fig. 50.
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Droits
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© Mahmoud Farshchian (original artwork, 1976). © Victoria and Albert Museum, London (photograph)
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https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/va-websites-terms-conditions
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Licence
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Non-commercial online use permitted up to 768 pixels for up to 5 years