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External links
Web Links
http://www.marasiya.com/marsiya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jari_gan
http://www.thetravellingarchive.org/related_research.php
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED124945.pdf
http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_10666979/summary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karbala
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Karbala
https://www.al-islam.org/articles/karbala-the-chain-of-events-ramzan-sabir#the%20battle
http://twelvershia.net/2016/01/29/karbala-the-facts-and-the-fairytales/
https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/22947
http://www.musharrafhussain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tragedy-of-Karbala.pdf
http://www.dawn.com/news/1055451/karbalai-marsiya-in-urdu-and-persian
http://research.omicsgroup.org/index.php/List_of_Marsiya_writers_in_Urdu
http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/15/19StuBarda.pdf
http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/muharram_in_bombay_c_1893-1912.html
Films
Film on Imam Hussain and the events of Karbala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfk-6s6IsRU
Film on Qafila e Karbala (caravan of pride)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_tLhsJMh-A
Karbala ka Safar (of Imam Hussain) animation in Urdu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXhiCNtO10
Imam Ali Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epZJ-QCjKmA
Maa Fatemar Daowat by Siraj Bowati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy_uhWPzROo
Jatra on Muharram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ffaJ4QqmWg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHw_gz36F_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScEKa8tLFnc