"Fireworks on the Night of Shab-i Barat Feast", Folio from the Davis Album mid-18th century This festival of Shab-i Barat is celebrated as a night of ‘fortune and forgiveness’ to mark the Prophet Muhammad’s entry to Mecca. Here we see women playing with sparklers as fireworks go off in the distant background and plumes of smoke rise into the night "Fireworks on the Night of Shab-i Barat Feast", Folio from the Davis Album 448479

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