An Analysis of the Rug-Washing Ceremony in Mashhad-e Ardehāl, Kāshān

Abstract The Iranian religious ceremony of rug-washing (qāli-shuyān), commemorating the martyrdom of Emāmzāda Soltān-ʿAli b. Mohammad Bāqer (d. 734/116), is held every year in the second week of autumn in Mashhad-e Ardehāl, a village of Kāshān, Esfahān Province. This ceremony is unique amongst Twelv...

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Main Author: Bidgoli, Sayyed Mahmood Sadat (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Journal of Persianate studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 196-221
Further subjects:B Soltan-ʿAli b. Mohammad Bāqer
B Shiʿi ritual
B rug-washing (qāli-shuyān)
B Zoroastrianism
B Mithraism
B Kāshān
B Mashhad-e Ardehāl
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