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  • Festival of Muḥarram: a procession, to commemorate the death of the martyrs, of people carrying banners, pennants and replicas of Husain's mausoleum or the Prophet's tomb. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: a man carrying a pennant with the hand of Fatima at the top (?). Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: a man praying to a replica of a martyr's tomb. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: a procession of people commemorating the death of Husain, the Prophet's grandson. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: a procession of people carrying colourful pennants and replicas of the martyr's tomb. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A Muslim man accompanied by a boy: both with rods and chains piercing their bodies at the festival of Muharram in Shusha, Azerbaijan (?). Etching by R.R. after H. Koch, ca. 1878.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: Muslims mourning the martyrdom of Imam Husayn. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.