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The 18th century saw the widespread expansion of Ta'ziya. The Ta'ziyas were exhilarating plays that were especially related to the [[battle of Karbala]] (680 AD / 61 AH) in which the third Shiite Imam, [[Hussain ibn Ali|Hussain]], son of Ali and grandson of the Prophet, was [[Martyrdom|martyred]] by the forces of [[Yazid]], the Caliph of the [[Umayyad|Umayyads]]. The scholars were skeptical of Ta'ziya. Because it had a popular origin and was beyond their control. But it was never successfully suppressed, and in times when [[Shiʿism|Shi'ism]] and the state clashed, it was used as an illustrative model, in which the Shah played the role of an oppressor or an agent of anti-Islamic acts, or sometimes a Yazidi. | The 18th century saw the widespread expansion of Ta'ziya. The Ta'ziyas were exhilarating plays that were especially related to the [[battle of Karbala]] (680 AD / 61 AH) in which the third Shiite Imam, [[Hussain ibn Ali|Hussain]], son of Ali and grandson of the Prophet, was [[Martyrdom|martyred]] by the forces of [[Yazid]], the Caliph of the [[Umayyad|Umayyads]]. The scholars were skeptical of Ta'ziya. Because it had a popular origin and was beyond their control. But it was never successfully suppressed, and in times when [[Shiʿism|Shi'ism]] and the state clashed, it was used as an illustrative model, in which the Shah played the role of an oppressor or an agent of anti-Islamic acts, or sometimes a Yazidi. | ||
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*[https://www.euppublishing.com Edinburggh University press website] | *[https://www.euppublishing.com Edinburggh University press website] | ||