tazian.

1809 T. D. Broughton Let. 26 Feb. (1813) 72 There were more than a hundred Taziyas, each followed by a long train of Fuqeers..beating their breasts.

1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 230 Taboots, or tazzias, the representation of Hosain's mausoleum at Kurbulla.

1885 T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 410/2 Against the side of the Imambarrah, directed towards Mecca, is set the tabut—also called tazia (ta‘ziyah), or model of the tombs at Kerbela.

1889 R. Kipling In Black & White (ed. 2) 94 Gilt and painted paper presentations of their tombs are borne with shouting and wailing..which fakements are called tazias.

1924 Glasgow Herald 26 Sept. 10 The procession was a long one, including a number of tazias, or many-storeyed turrets, and followed by 7000 Mussulmans.

1946 Times of India 6 Dec. 10/4 Richly decorated in customary Muslim fashion tazias looked resplendent.

1893 E. G. Browne Year amongst Persians iv. 70 Many people were assembled to witness a ta‘ziya, or representation of the sufferings of the Imáms Hasan and Huseyn.

1911 D. S. Margoliouth Mohammedanism iv. 127 The Indo-Germanic affinities of the Persians have led to the production of miracle-plays, called ta'ziyah (consolation), whereby the atrocities are more vividly brought home.

1951 G. E. von Grunebaum Muhammedan Festivals (1976) v. 89 At a comparatively recent date..the taʽziya, or Passion play..became the real climax of the Shîʽite Tenth of Muharram celebrations.

1972 Times 28 Sept. 9/3 In place of the traditional ta'zieh and ruhozi performances, a pair of new Iranian plays figured on the main bill.

1974 F. Rosenthal in Schacht & Bosworth Legacy of Islam (ed. 2) vii. 335 Numerous librettos for such ta‘ziya plays have been preserved.