See also:

• HASAN

HASAN AND HOSAIN (or HUSEIN)  , sons of the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

caliph See also:

• ALI

Ali by his wife Fatima, daughter of See also:

• MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

Mahomet . On Ali's See also:

• DEATH

death See also:

• HASAN

Hasan was proclaimed caliph, but the strength of Moawiya who had rebelled against Ali was such that he resigned his claim on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that he should have the disposal of the treasure stored at See also:

• KUFA

Kufa, with the revenues of Darabjird . This See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret negotiation came to the ears of Hasan's supporters, a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out and Hasan was wounded . He retired to See also:

• MEDINA
• MEDINA, JOSE TORIBIO (1852- )

Medina where he died about 669 . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story that he was poisoned at Moawiya's instigation is generally discredited (see See also:

• CALIPHATE

CALIPHATE, See also:

• SECT

sect . B, § I) . Subsequently his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Hosain was invited by partisans in Kufa to revolt against Moawiya's successor Yazid . He was, however, defeated and killed at See also:

• KERBELA

Kerbela on the loth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October (Muharram) 68o (see CALIPHATE, sect . B . § 2 ad init.) . Hosain is the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

Passion See also:

• PLAY

Play which is performed annually (e.g. at Kerbela) on the anniversary of his death by the See also:

• SHIITES (from Arab. shi`a, a party, and then a sect)

Shiites of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, to whom from the earliest times the See also:

• FAMILY

family of Ali are the only true descendants of Mahomet . The play lasts for several days and concludes with the carrying out of the coffins (labia) of the martyrs to an open See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the neighbourhood .

See See also:

• SIR

Sir \Vm . See also:

• MUIR, JOHN (1810-1882)
• MUIR, SIR WILLIAM (1819-1905)

Muir, The Caliphate (1883); Sir See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis Pelly, The See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

Miracle Play of Hasan and Ilosein (1879) .