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Narrativa do Martírio de Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī (maqtal al-Ḥusayn), em otomano com caracteres árabes - [Narrativa do Martírio de Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī (maqtal al-Ḥusayn)] . 1833-1834. Manuscrito sobre papel; 192 ff. não numerados; 235 mm. Ottoman manuscript on paper, carefully copied in naskh script with black ink and red rubric, containing the devotional narrative of the death of Imam Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbalāʾ (AD 680). It is a typical maqtal al-Ḥusayn , a literary genre popular in the Islamic world, especially among the Shia and Sufi communities, used as liturgical reading during the month of Muḥarram. The text, in Ottoman Turkish written in the Arabic script , intersperses narrative passages with devotional formulas and exhortations to piety, and is often declaimed or read aloud. The calligraphy is regular and careful, with a strong chromatic contrast between the main paragraphs and the rubricated highlights. At the end, the colophon indicates that the manuscript was copied by “Muḥammad Jaʿfar, a weak servant in need of the mercy of his Lord, the Most Gracious” , in the month of Jumādā al-Ākhira in the year 1249 of the Hijra ( 1833/1834 ). The original red leather binding is decorated with dry embossing and a triangular clasp ( mîkhlep ), typical of Ottoman bindings of Islamic tradition. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !