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This dissertation analyzes the poetic and social importance of the classical Urdu marsiyah (mars iyah ) as it is recited in Shi'i Muslim mourning assemblies in India and Pakistan. Marsiyahs commemorates the martyrdom, in 680 C.E., of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Husain.…

In the late eighteenth century, a large urban redevelopment program was initiated by the Shi`i Isna `Ashari Muslim ruler As[dotbelow]af al-Dawlah in Lucknow, a city located in the prosperous, semi-autonomous north Indian region of Awadh. The development included four monumental …