Editing Marthiya

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'''Marthiya''' (A., pl. Marathi) "elegy," a poem composed in Arabic (or in an Islamic language following the Arabic tradition) to lament the passing of a beloved person and to celebrate his merits; rithiaʾ, from the same root, denotes both lamentation and the corresponding literary genre. 

== Introduction ==
Elegiac poetry (marthiya; on Persian marthiya literature dedicated to the martyrs of Karbala and other Shiʿite sacred figures<ref>see Calmard, 1975, pp. 193 ff., 510 ff.; Clarke, pp. 13-28; Hanaway; and Haywood</ref> ) in Arabic and Persian about the [[Ahl al-Bayt]], particularly [[Hussain ibn Ali|Hussain]] and the [[Martyrs of Karbala|Karbala martyrs]], was increasingly composed by authors of both [[Shiʿism|Shiʿite]] and [[Sunnis|Sunnite]] persuasion. Under the Seljuqs (1038-1194), this devotional literature spread widely through storytellers. During this time, elegies (marathi) and eulogies ([[manaqeb]]) continued to be composed, in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, by learned theologians, poets, and popular storytellers.

== Source ==

* [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/marthiya-COM_0691 Encyclopaedia of Islam]
* [https://iranicaonline.org/articles/hosayn-b-ali-ii Iranica Online]

== Reference ==

[[Category:Shi’a Literature]]
[[Category:Azadari Culture]]
[[Category:Mourning Rituals]]
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