Book Title: Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde / représentées en 243. figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard, avec des explications historiques, & curieuses par M. l'abbé Banier, & par M. l'Abb'e le Mascrier.

Author: Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741

Image Title: Mourning of Muharram

Description: Shia Muslims gather in the streets to mourn Husayn ibn Ali during Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Drawn by Louis Fabricius Dubourg (1693–1775) and engraved by Balthazar Bernaerts.

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