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Victoria and Albert Museum
The Muharram procession

The Muharram procession, ca. 1795 - ca. 1805

The Muharram procession

ca. 1795 - ca. 1805 · Painting · 39.5 × 68 cm

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Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 8 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the painting

This is one of a group of nine paintings. They depict a durbar (public reception) at the Murshidabad court, and various Hindu and Muslim festivals and religious scenes. A Murshidabad artist copied it, probably from an original oil painting by George Farington. He had worked in Murshidabad from May 1785 until his death there in 1788. Farington's original is lost. This painting shows the Muharram procession, in which Muslims carry 'tazias' or 'ta'ziyas' (bamboo and paper replicas of the tombs of Hasan and Husain) to the river for immersion. The festival commemorates the deaths of these two grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad. Shiah Muslims regard them as the rightful heirs to his caliphate.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Particulars

Accession number: IS.11:12-1887

What it shows

Processions, The Muharram procession Elephant

In the catalog

Company Murshidabad

Sources

Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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