Note on Transliteration Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Part I - Imam Ali in Portraiture 1. The Emergence of a Prototypical Model and its Survival 2. Imam Ali in Shia Memory 3. The Iconography of Imam Ali and its Reception Part II - The Battle of Karbala 4. The Battle at Karbala in Shia Memory and Piety 5. Visual Karbala Narratives in Shia Piety 6. The Parcham Wall-hanging 7. Representation and Reception of Karbala in Colour Posters Part III - Images and Decorative Designs in Ritual Space 8. The Image as a Votive Gift 9. Images in the Liturgy of Commemoration and Celebration 10. Decorative Programmes across Gendered Ritual Space 11. Transposing Iconography Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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