Women in the bazaar of southern Tehran during Ashura. Ashura,
the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, marks the
climax of the Remembrance of Muharram. It is commemorated by the
Shi'a as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali,
the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad at the Battle of
Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 AD).
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