The Muharram Festival, Persia East Dunbartonshire - Who would have thought

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The naturalist and geologist Caleb Burrell Rose (1790-1872) in whose papers this image is preserved

This dish (c1550) is that reputedly used by the Princess Elizabeth when she dined at the Henry VIII Head Tavern after her release from the Tower in May 1554

Study for the figure of an apostle

The Muharram Festival, Persia East Dunbartonshire - Who would have thoughtThe Muharram Festival, Persia. The Mourning of Muharram is practised by Shia Muslims in the first month of their year. It commemorates the death of Imam Husayn ibn Ali and his followers at the Battle of Karbala in 680 (year 61 of the Islamic calendar). A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London.