Karbala is a city in central Iraq, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala...
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The Battle of Karbala (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء, romanized: maʿraka Karbalāʾ) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic...
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up Karbala in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Karbala is a city in central Iraq. Karbala may also refer to: Karbala, Kollam Karbala, Iran Karbala, Zanjan...
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Karbala Sport Club is an Iraqi professional football club based in Karbala that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football. On June...
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Karbala Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كربلاء, Muḥāfażat Karbalāʾ) is a governorate in central Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Karbala, a holy...
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on the other. Battle of Karbala may also refer to: Battle of Karbala (1991), during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq Battle of Karbala (2003), during the 2003...
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The Wahhabi sack of Karbala occurred on 21 April 1802 (1216 H), under the rule of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, the second ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah...
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Shia Islam (section Hasan, Husayn, and Karbala)
shrine of Husayn in Karbala and other mausoleums of the ahl al-bayt. Later events such as Husayn's martyrdom in the Battle of Karbala (680 CE) further influenced...
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Husayn ibn Ali (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
distance from Kufa. He was forced to head north and encamp in the plain of Karbala on 2 October, where a larger Umayyad army of some 4,000 or 30,000 arrived...
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Mourning of Muharram (section Karbala paradigm)
Shia imam. Husayn and his small retinue were slaughtered in the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram 61 AH (680 CE) against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid...
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Turbah Karbala (Arabic: تربة کربلاء, lit. 'Soil of Karbala'), or Khāk-e Shifā (Lisan al-Dawat, Persian, and Urdu: خاکِ شِفاء, lit. 'Medicinal Soil'),...
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alongside most of his relatives and his small retinue, in the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram 61 AH (680 CE) against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid...
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Imam Husayn shrine (redirect from Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala)
ʿAlī) is the mosque and burial site of Husayn ibn Ali, in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq. It stands on the site of the Mausoleum of Husayn, who was a grandson...
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Karbala International Airport (Arabic: مَطَار كَرْبَلَاء ٱلدَُوَلِِي, romanized: Maṭār Karbalāʾ Ad-Duwalī) is an airport under development in Karbala...
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Ashura (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
relatives and his small retinue, by the Umayyad army in the Battle of Karbala on Ashura 61 AH (680 CE). Among the Shia, mourning for Husayn is viewed...
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Imambaras of Lucknow (section Karbala)
assemble for "Majlis" (Mourning Congregations) of Imam Husain and Martyrs of Karbala. An Imambara is different from a Mosque as it is intended for "Majlis"...
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Iraq's Karbala". France 24. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022. "About 21 million pilgrims from around the world gather in Karbala for the...
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Isma'ilism (section Karbala and afterward)
the citizens of the empire. However, he was stopped by Yazid's army in Karbala during the month of Muharram. His family was starved and deprived of water...
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overthrow by the Umayyads in 661. Karbala is considered as one of the holiest cities in Shia Islam, following the Battle of Karbala, which took place in 680....
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Karbala is a 2015 Polish war drama film based on real events directed by filmmaker Krzysztof Łukaszewicz and set during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It...
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Battle of Karbala. The battle took place on Friday Muharram 10, in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680 CE) in Karbala, situated in...
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The Karbala provincial headquarters raid was a special operation carried out on January 20, 2007, by the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq against the U.S. contingent...
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32°36′58″N 4°01′59″E / 32.616°N 4.033°E / 32.616; 4.033 The Battle of Karbala was fought during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq which followed the Gulf War...
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Abbas ibn Ali (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
the standard-bearer of his half-brother Husayn ibn Ali in the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680) against the army of the Umayyad caliph...
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battle of Karbala. Umar ibn Sa'd was killed by Abu Amra Kaysan, on the orders of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, for his involvement in the Battle of Karbala. Dixon...
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pilgrimages to the mosques of Husayn ibn Ali and his half-brother Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, with attendance reaching three million in 2012. Al-Masjid an-Nabawi...
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The Battle of Karbala took place during the 2003 invasion of Iraq as U.S. troops fought to take control of the city from Iraqi forces. The city had been...
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Arba'in pilgrimage (category Karbala)
twentieth of Safar, also known as Arba'in, millions of pilgrims flock to Karbala, Iraq, often arriving there on foot from the nearby city of Najaf. Arba'in...
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Ali al-Sajjad (category Karbala)
Talib. Ali al-Sajjad was born around 658 CE. He survived the Battle of Karbala in 680, in which Husayn and his small caravan were massacred en route to...
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Umm Kulthum bint Ali (section Battle of Karbala)
prominent Muslims for his proposal. Umm Kulthum survived the Battle of Karbala in 680, where her brother Husayn and most of her male relatives were massacred...
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