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In Iran, the name of the sword has been used as an eponym in military contexts; thus, Reza Shah Pahlavi renamed the military order Portrait of the Commander of Faithful to Order of Zolfaghar in 1925. [9] The 58th Takavar Division of Shahroud is also named after the sword. [citation needed] An Iranian main battle tank is also named after the ...
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English: This painting by Yousef Abdinejad, entitled "Martyrdom of Imam Ali," depicts Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam immediately prior to assassinating Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph. Muljam is painted in a fierce reddish colour scheme, whereas Ali and the angels present exhibit bright and comparatively calm colours, emphasising the moral imbalance ...
Imam Ali's shrine is among the last of the Shi'ite shrines in Iraq to retains its nearly full set of original antique tiles. [13] Around the shrine on its North, East, and Southern sides is a large courtyard surrounded by pointed arch arcades, while the shrine is linked on the West to the Al-Ra's Mosque. The courtyard arcades are two floors in ...
Live like Ali, die like Hussein is a religious slogan used by Shia Muslims, [1] [2] referring to the martyrs Ali and his son Husayn ibn Ali. Other famous Shia slogans [ edit ]
Tavernier described it as a white coat made of goat's hair with large sleeves, [5] or a cream fabric with black wool lines. The Grand Seignor having taken it out of the Coffer, kisses it with much respect, and puts it into the hands of the Capi-Aga, who is come into the Room by his Order, after they had taken the Impressions of the Seal.
On the 19th of Ramadan, while praying (Nafil Fajr) in the Great Mosque of Kufa, Imam Ali was attacked by a Khawarij named Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam. He struck Imam Ali with a poison-coated sword while he was prostrating. [11] It is said that Ibn Muljam struck Imam Ali on the same spot where Amr Ibn Abduwud struck him in the Battle of Khandaq ...
During his rule, Ali found a loyal following who regarded him as the best of Muslims after Muhammad and the only one entitled to the caliphate. Nevertheless, this following remained a minority. [34] [53] Instead, what united Kufans after Ali was their opposition to Syrian domination, [54] or the highhanded rule of his archenemy Mu'awiya. [34]