When Mary Passes Away Sooner Than Jesus: Demise of Mary as Narrated by a Ta‘ziya Text from the Qājār Era
摘要
Ta‘ziya is one of the most important displays of Iranian Shi’ite Islamic culture, which is an estimative representation of the story of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (d. 680, the third Shi’ite imam), who was brutally murdered, along with 72 of his male children, brothers, cousins, and companions, while on his way to Kufa at the invitation of its citizens.