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Праздник «Баба-Шуджа-уд-Дин» в средневековом Иране
This article is devoted to the study of the origin of the little-known Iranian feast of Baba-Shuja-ed-Din, celebrated by Shiites in medieval Iran in the Safavid and Kajar periods. The author collected and analyzed the main sources of this feast, including the accounts of Western European travelers. On the basis of this feast there was a well-known historical event, reflected in numerous versions of the story of the murder of the second righteous caliph ‘Umar ibn Khattab by an Iranian Piruz (Abu Lu’lu’) in 644. In the Kajar period, two different memorable dates have been contaminated: the days of the assassination of ‘Umar ibn Khattab and ‘Umar ibn Sa‘ad, who was guilty of the death of Imam Hussein. A closely related story (A Story of the Iranian Prince and Caliph ‘Umar ibn Khattab) was used by the Zoroastrians of the post-Sassanid period to propagate Zoroastrian apocalyptic views.