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In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles. Ruffle focuses on the annual mourning assemblies held on 7 Muharram to commemorate the battlefield wedding of Fatimah Kubra and her warrior-bridegroom Qasem, who was martyred at the battle of Karbala, Iraq, in 680 C.E. before their wedding was consummated.Ruffle argues that hagiography, an important textual tradition in Islam, plays a dynamic role in constructing th

Women in Islam --- Religious life --- Shīʻah --- Imamites --- Shia --- Shiism --- Twelvers (Islam) --- Islamic sects --- Alids --- Shiite religious practice --- Islam --- Shīʻah. --- Customs and practices. --- Shiite authors --- Shiites --- Lucknow (India) --- Lucknow --- Laknāʼū (India) --- Lakkhnau (India) --- Lakhanaū (India) --- Лакхнау (India) --- Religious life and customs. --- Religious life (Islam) --- Islam. --- Shīʻah --- Customs and practices --- Religious life and customs --- Shīʻah - India --- Shīʻah - Customs and practices --- Religious life - Shīʻah --- Women in Islam - India --- Lucknow (India) - Religious life and customs --- Shiah --- Shiah.

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