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Tasu'a is the ninth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, a month in which fighting has been forbidden since before the advent of Islam. [1] [2] Tasu'a is followed by Ashura, tenth of Muharram, which marks the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. [3]
Performance of Tatbir in Iran.An image from Brooklyn Museum.The image is taken between 1876 and 1933. Tatbir, also called Zanjeer Zani or Qama Zani, [1] is practiced by some Shia Muslims on the day of Ashura on the 10 Muharram of the Islamic calendar and on the 40th day after Ashura, known as Arba'een (or Chehelom in Persian) by Twelver Shias around the world.
Also called: Youm-e Ashur: Type: Islamic (Shia and Sunni)Significance: In Shia Islam: Mourning the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam
The Buddhist asuras have a few myths distinctive from the asuras of Hinduism, which are only found in Buddhist texts.. In its Buddhist context, the word is sometimes translated "titan", "demigod", or "antigod".