The Muharram festival; the ‘ta‘ziyah’ in the imambara. Inscribed: ‘No.18. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins. This is a Representation of the Mohurrum’;’ and is the Commemoration of the Murder of Hussen and Hosain two Mahomedan Saints: continued for ten days. A Machine is constructe...
The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara, with parties of imams reading the Koran, another in a wooden and gilt ‘minbar’, and a ‘Ta’zia’ beyond. The hall is brilliantly lit with coloured girandoles attached to the parapet beneath the ceiling, and by three rows of cha...
Muharram festival procession. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
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Muharram festival procession. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Procession of the Tazeeas during the Moohurram at the P.hatman a Moosulman Burial Ground - Benares’. Water-colour; 25.4 by 17.4 cm. Purchased 1994. Note: Reproduced in ‘Benares illustrated’, lithographed by G. Barnard, '.... the spot in wh...
