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1/Millions of Shiʿi Muslims around the world will be celebrating what they consider the appointment and designation of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib as the legitimate successor to the Prophet Muḥammad. A short thread on #EidGhadir. 
2/The "investiture" of ʿAlī according to the Shiʿi sources took place on 18 Dhu l-Ḥijjah in 10 H (= March 632 AD) at a pond between Mecca and Medina, known as Ghadīr Khumm. What do they sources say happened exactly?
3/Medieval sources differ little in the wording and historical memory of the events at Ghadīt Khumm in 632 AD, which came shortly after Muḥammad's Farewell Sermon. The formulaic wording is common to all the medieval sources. It reads: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه
#EidGhadir is widely celebrated not just by #Twelver but also #Ismaili and #Zaydi #Shia - the impact on the arts is also considerable 1/
Extensively in painting (and let’s not even bother with the so called prohibitions on figuration) such as classic illustrations on manuscripts and #Farschian 2/
But one of the best ways in which the actual words of the event are memorialised and enacted is the #qawwali in #Hindustani culture #من_کنت_مولاه_فهذا_علی_مولاه 3/
