The Husayni Mourning in Iran Between the Safavid and Qajar Eras

The issue of Husayni rituals has always been among the most prominent and significant matters that all Iranian governments and authorities have endeavored to develop and encourage to be held in the best manner. This stems from the nature of the doctrinal belief (the Twelver Imami Shiite sect) upon which the political entity was founded since the Safavid era—a belief that has persisted through the eras of those states and continues to this day.