Shi'a religious parade standard (alam)
c. 1700 · Resource
A pierced steel processional standard ('alam') in the form of a sword of Ali, carried in Shi'a mourning processions for the martyrs of Karbala. It marks the Safavid establishment of Twelver Shi'ism in Iran.
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Around 1700
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