Shiite Collection

Mounted Plaque with Shi'ite Invocation, 17th-18th century. Creator: Unknown
Mounted Plaque with Shi'ite Invocation, 17th-18th century

Early Portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah (reigned 1848-1896), c1850. Creator: Anon
Early Portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah (reigned 1848-1896), c1850. The shah is shown here at perhaps just nineteen or twenty years of age, wearing jeweled portraits of the Shi'ite Imams

Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da im"("Oh, Everlasting
Finial with Arabic Inscription" Ya, Da im" (" Oh, Everlasting!" ), probably Iran, 17th century. Shi i commemoration of the martyrdom of Husain at the battle of Karbala

Finial with Inscription "Ya Khafar"("Oh, Protector
Finial with Inscription " Ya Khafar" (" Oh, Protector!" ), probably Iran, 17th century. Shi i commemoration of the martyrdom of Husain at the battle of Karbala

Veiled women in mourning dresses, for the death of their husbands in combat, 17th century murals

Women with veil, a custom that was used in the Shiite population of Persia in the Safavid age, 17th century murals

Shiite woman with veil crying by her martyred husband martyred, wall paintings, 17th century

An enemy of Shi ite faith leads a woman prisoner in the camels back, having tortured and cut her husbands head, wall paintings, 17th century

Martyrs of the Shiite faith killed in action during the wars between Muslims, religious struggles of the 7th century that due to the Shiite appearance the Islam was divided into two factions

Shiite Mosque of Al-Kadhimain, Baghdad, Iraq, 1977. Built in the 16th century, this mosque is noted for its elaborate tilework

Modern Shiite mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 1977

The al-Askari Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, c1930s. Originally built in 944, the al-Askari Mosque is the shrine of Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari

Aga Khan III (Mohammed Shah), Leader of the Ismailis, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Aga Khan III (Mohammed Shah), Leader of the Ismailis, 1926. Portrait of the Indian-born Aga Khan (1877-1957). Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

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