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Shi'ite iconography

Shi'ite iconography () encompasses any and all forms of artistic depictions by some Shia Muslims, especially but not limited to those incorporating or featuring the Twelve Imams, the Battle of Karbala, or the Event of Ghadir.

The practice is rooted in Islamic miniature, and later evolved into devotional images under the Pahlavi dynasty. Religious imagery has traditionally been considered forbidden by the majority of Shia Muslim scholars, and Aniconism in Islam has a firmly established history, though it continues to play an important role in Islamic culture to this day.

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