320 Origin afid Ceremonies of Uie Molatrfi^, ifQi^T-. 



procession takes place on tlie lOtli night of the aimiver- 

 sary. A ,'m\\\ ^fi emuiA 



2i'/. Barah Imam (litci-ally twelve saitits) "is 



dedicated to Alee, and eleven descendants of McihonHrd 

 ])y his daughter Ffiiima. (^?) The procession of thiis 

 Alura also lakes place on the 10th night of the anniver- 

 sary. • ■- ' ' ■• 



3^. '^Ji^-i^^^ii^i'AisJ^'Hoosienee Alum (HoosienV colours) is 

 dedicated to thrat saint. Its procession takes plac^ oil' 

 the 9th night of the anniversary, \ ' 



\th. 5,L-« J.V> NaleMooharuk^the sacred hofse-shoe) 

 is dedica<^ed to the shoe of Iloosien's war-horse. Its 

 procession takes place on the 10th night of the anniverr 

 sary. 



^tli^^^'^^^^' Abhasee Alum (Ahbas's colours) is der 



dicated to Abbas, half-brother of Hoos^iri. Its j)roces- 



sion takes place on the same night. - ';" ' f ' ' 



^ ^ jf fRYf grrl Dnnoi rfiob 



6^A. '^^ Alum-e-imam Qasim (Qasim's co^ 



lours) is dedicated to the martyr Qasim, paternal nephew 



of Hoosien. Its procession takes place. on the 7th day of 



the anniversary at noon. I 



There are other Alums nearly of the same character^ 

 which have no particular denomination, they having 

 been universally dedicated to Hoosein. Their proce^/y, 

 sions take place on the 10th night of the anniversary,, 



It is on this night that a grand procession of these, 

 Alums and other pageants with portable tombs or coffins,^ 

 richly ornamented with gilding and with various stands, 

 ards, drums, trumpets, &c. indicating the field of battle,,^ 

 takes place in different detached parties, and a like pror^ 

 cession also takes place the next day which is the lOth^ 

 or the last day of the Mohurrum anniversary, from morn-, 

 ing till evening; when these Alums, tombs, coffins, &c^. 

 are carried to some spot at a distance, where, in imita-^ 



(e) Yide Major Price's Mahomedan History, vol. 1, page 370. 



