Ta'ziya of al-'Abbas (a): Difference between revisions

'''Taʿzīya of al-'Abbās (a)''' (Persian: {{ia|تعزیه حضرت عباس (ع}}) is a [[ta'ziya]] of the [[First Ten Days of Muharram]]. This ta'ziya is performed on [[9 Muharram]], and is about the [[martyrdom]] of [[al-'Abbas b. 'Ali (a)]]. The protagonist characters in the ta'ziya are [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], al-'Abbas (a), [[Imam Ali (a)]], [['Ali al-Akbar (a)]], [[al-Qasim b. al-Hasan (a)]], [[Zaynab bt. 'Ali (a)]], and [[Sakina bt. al-Husayn (a)]], and antagonist characters are [['Umar b. Sa'd]], [[Shimr]] and the army of the enemy. In this ta'ziya, events such as the digging of a trench around the camps, al-'Abbas's (a) attempt to bring water from [[Euphrates]], and his martyrdom, are narrated.

The ta'ziya of al-'Abbas (a) according to Mir 'Aza Kashani's version begins with [[Shimr]]'s paean: "O the king of the small army! look at the field!." After that, actors who play the roles of Imam al-Husayn (a), al-'Abbas b. 'Ali (a), 'Ali al-Akbar (a), al-Qasim b. al-Hasan (a), and Zaynab (a) recite poems with the same rhyme. The Imam (a) orders that a trench be dug around the camps, and al-'Abbas (a) starts to dig the trench by reciting a Persian poem which translates as: "O Lord! I am digging a trench – lest my sister be humiliated and miserable." 'Ali al-Akbar (a) and al-Qasim (a) also recite poems with the same rhyme. After that, the stories of 'Ali al-Akbar's (a) attempt to bring water, al-'Abbas's (a) conversation with Imam Ali (a), and the safe conduct are played. Al-'Abbas (a) will then enter the battlefield and finds his way through the enemies to the river. He then points to the faithlessness of the water. [[Sakina (a)]] recites poems with the same rhyme in the camps. She says that we, the children, do not want water and thus, she asks her uncle to go back to the camps as early as possible. At the end of the ta'ziya, 'Abbas's (a) attempt to bring water, the martyrdom of 'Abbas, and Imam al-Husayn's (a) arrival on al-'Abbas's (a) corpse are played.

* [[Sakina (a)]]: this is the only child character of the ta'ziya. Her role seems to be rather prominent.