EditorialUbeydullah ibn Ziyad in Kufa, seated on a stool, listening while Huseyin's followers pledge their support for him. A miniature painting from a manuscript of Maktel-i Ali Resul, a mesnevi poem on the martyrdom of Huseyin. Maktel-i Ali Resul. Turkey, lat...
EditorialThe camel-driver who witnessed the events at Kerbala tells the people of Mecca about it. He is shown with dark skin and claws, having been transformed into a monster by the Prophet's spirit as punishment for trying to take the girdle from Huseyin's cor...
EditorialUbeydullah ibn Ziyad in Kufa, seated on a stool, listening while Huseyin's followers pledge their support for him. A miniature painting from a manuscript of Maktel-i Ali Resul, a mesnevi poem on the martyrdom of Huseyin. Maktel-i Ali Resul. Turkey, lat...
EditorialThe Battle of Nehrevan (658 A.D.), between Ali and the Havaric (Kharijites). Ali, mounted on Duldul, is wielding his double-bladed sword, Zulfikar. A miniature painting from a manuscript of Maktel-i Ali Resul, a mesnevi poem on the martyrdom of Huseyin...
EditorialThe camel-driver who witnessed the events at Kerbala tells the people of Mecca about it. He is shown with dark skin and claws, having been transformed into a monster by the Prophet's spirit as punishment for trying to take the girdle from Huseyin's cor...
EditorialHuseyin's followers led by Abbas ibn Ali fighting the army of the Umayyads who are wearing hoods. A miniature painting from a manuscript of Maktel-i Ali Resul, a mesnevi poem on the martyrdom of Huseyin. Maktel-i Ali Resul. Turkey, late 16th or early 1...
EditorialAbbas ibn Ali, brother of Huseyin, fighting the Umayyads in order to get water from the Euphrates for Huseyin and his followers. A miniature painting from a manuscript of Maktel-i Ali Resul, a mesnevi poem on the martyrdom of Huseyin. Maktel-i Ali Resu...