Photo by Frederick Simpicli 



A mosque: ne;ar ke;rbe;la, with odd murai. decorations about the: portai,: 

 NOTi; the; pige;ons on the dome (see page 592) 



"Kerbela sucks life from the unending pilgrim horde. Myriads of Shias^have come 

 and gone in centuries past, and millions are buried in the plain outside the city (see text, 

 page 590). 



591 



