The Evening of Ashura

The name of the artwork gives good indication of the time period that it covers: the evening of the day of Ashura (the day Imam Hossein (AS) and his disciples were martyred in Karbala by their enemies).
We see women and young girls who, out of the battlefield and unseen by those who are not their next of kin, are crying their hearts out at the feet of the war horse which is back from the battle without bringing its rider back.