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Entangled Images and the Corporeal Sensorium: Shia religious iconography and ritual practice in the Deccan |
"Miraj" (Muhammad's ascent) printed by Sultan Muhammad. British Library Ms Or. 2265, folio 195r. From a Khamsa of Nizami of 1539-43 in Tabriz.
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miraj_by_Sultan_Muhammad.jpg
British Library: (https://imagesonline.bl.uk/?service=search&action=do_quick_search&language=en&mode=&q=Khamsa+of+nizami&qw=&page=5&grid_layout=2&grid_thumb=3)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miraj_by_Sultan_Muhammad.jpg
The Prophet rides Buraq, accompanied by the angel Gabriel and peris. Qamar al-Din, Divan (compendium of poems), Provincial Mughal (Oudh), ca.1782. London, British Library, Or.6633, folio 4v.
Source: The Prophet's ascension: cross-cultural encounters with the Islamic Mi’raj tales (Plate 29) Christiane J. Gruber, Frederick Stephen Colby
The Prophet (not depicted) ascends on Buraq, accompanied by angels Firdawsi, Shahnama (Book of Kings), Kashmir, 18th century, London, British Library, Add. 7763, folio 21r.
Source: The Prophet's ascension: cross-cultural encounters with the Islamic Mi’raj tales (Plate 29) Christiane J. Gruber, Frederick Stephen Colby
Buraq from 20th century posters
Source: Art, Resources and Teaching Trust (A.R.T.)
Postcard depicting Buraq
Source: Akhtar Alavi, 2009
Parda-ye taʿzia, representing the tragedy of Karbala. Peter Chelkowski.
Source: http://www.iranica.com/articles/hosayn-b-ali-iii
Devotional poster brought from Iran in the 1990s (exact date unknown). Ashurkhana Hazrat Abbas, Hyderabad.
Poster depicting Husain’s caravan travelling to Karbala before the battle.
Source: Akhtar Alavi, 2009
Poster depicting a martyr (Ali Akbar) displayed on a sabeel in Hyderabad
Similar poster as figure 10, displayed at Agha sahab’s house in Bangalore.
The original image designed by Karbala Style on Deviantart.com
Devotional imagery displayed in the courtyard of Agha sahab’s house in Bangalore, during Muharram 2009
Sabeel (stall) set up in the old city in Hyderabad, during Muharram (December 2010)
Painted with oil on a tin sheet and framed with wood, the image was displayed in a street in Bangalore outside Agha sahab’s house
Muharram procession in the old city of Hyderabad (December 2010)
Muharram procession near Johnson’s Market, Bangalore (December 2009)
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