| Figures | ||
| 1 | Kinship chart of the fourteen infallibles in Twelver Shiism. | 24 |
| 2 | Citizens watching the chain-beating street procession in Tehran, 2017. | 34 |
| 3 | The author, participating in a street march with mud in Khorramabad on the morning of Ashura, 2015. | 35 |
| 4 | A man carrying an ʿalāmat on the morning of the Ashura in Tehran, 2017. | 38 |
| 5 | A chain used in chain-beating rituals. | 40 |
| 6 | A chest-beating ritual being performed by heyʾat M in Tehran, 2017. | 64 |
| 7 | Massive chest-beating ritual at the mausoleum in Chizar, 2017. | 68 |
| 8 | Distributing water to pilgrims in Najaf, 2018. | 85 |
| 9 | Accommodation space set up outdoors in the city of Najaf in Iraq, 2018. | 86 |
| 10 | Pilgrims gathered in front of the holy shrines of Karbala, 2018. | 87 |
| 11 | People gathered in front of the Abbas Mausoleum in Karbala, 2018. | 88 |
| 12 | A banner in a residential area in Tehran, 2017. | 89 |
| 13 | Approximate Iranian rial exchange rate per USD 1. | 98 |
| 14 | Pilgrims riding from Najaf to Karbala in the back of a dump truck in 2018. | 100 |
| 15 | Daggers for qame-zanī brought by a participant to a gathering in Ardabil, 2019. | 110 |
| 16 | Comparison between self-flagellation rituals and blood donation. | 123 |
| Maps | ||
| 1 | Approximate distribution of ethnic groups in Iran and place names appearing in this book. | 28 |
| 2 | Administrative divisions of Tehran city and place names mentioned in this book (drawn by the author). | 32 |
| 3 | Pilgrimage Sites in Iraq and borders with Iran. | 82 |
| Tables | ||
| 1 | Daily schedule of heyʾat A rituals (as observed in Tehran, 2017). | 37 |
| 2 | Number of pilgrims from Iran to Karbala. | 81 |
| 3 | Contemporary views on self-flagellation rituals among leading religio-juristic authorities. | 115 |
In: Ashura as Submission and Rebellion
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