1901 (April 21), Kerbela (Karbala, Iraq) to Teheran, Persia, cover
franked with 20pa rose horizontal pair, tied by violet
1901 (April 21), Kerbela (Karbala, Iraq) to Teheran, Persia, cover
franked with 20pa rose horizontal pair, tied by violet double-ring
bilingual Kerbela (21 Apr) c.d.s., smudged black Teheran arrival
datestamp on front, unusually fresh, a scarce and attractive usage
from present-day Iraq, likely sent by a Shia pilgrim, Kerbela being
one of the holiest cities in Shia Islam, and the site of the Battle
of Karbala (680 AD), where Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet
Muhammad, was martyred and commemorated annually on Ashura.
