Taezieh art in Nasser al_din Shah Qajar era by emphasis on foreign explorer's notes

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

hamid reza safakish ¹

1 - Assistant Professor of Islamic Azad University - Central Tehran Branch

Received: 2016-11-05 Accepted : 2017-04-18 Published : 2017-06-22

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Abstract :

Ta'zieh is a Shia_Iranian symbol that shows the event of Karbala and martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali and other suffering of Ahl al_beit which is shown by the people who play the role of each major characters. Nasser al_din Shah, who showed himself as a real charmed person to Ahl al_beit, particularly Imam Hussein, was insisting to holding the Ashura mourning much more than other Qajar kings and showed too much eagerness in this regard. This art which had been widespread in Nasser al_din Shah Qajar era significantly, attracted lots of explorer who had a different understanding of it. This article has been compiled by a library method by referring to the foreign explorer's notes regarding to the Ta'zieh. In a general view, this article will conclude that lots of foreign explorer notes are not as precise as they should be and they could not have a sufficient understanding of the reality of Ta'zieh among Iranians and their European viewpoint prevented them to have a deep understanding from Iranian_Islamic culture