Tatbir
RITUAL PRACTICED BY SHIA MUSLIMS
Qama Zani; Tatbeer; Qumazani
Tatbir (), also known as Talwar zani and Qama Zani in South Asia, is a form of ritual bloodletting, practiced as an act of mourning by some Shia Muslims, for the younger grandson of Muhammad, Husayn ibn Ali, who was killed along with his children, companions and near relatives at the Battle of Karbala by the Umayyad Caliph Yazid I.