Karbala or Kerbala (/ˈkɑːrbələ/ KAR-bə-lə, US also /ˌkɑːrbəˈlɑː/ KAR-bə-LAH; Arabic: كَرْبَلَاء, romanized: Karbalāʾ, IPA: [karbaˈlaːʔ]) is a city in central...

Karbala Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كربلاء, Muḥāfażat Karbalāʾ) is a governorate in central Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Karbala, a holy...

Iraq, Karbala province had not seen the same intensity of violence that had wracked other areas of Iraq such as Baghdad and Al Anbar province. Although...

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...

village of Janaja in Abu Gharaq, a central Iraqi town situated between Karbala and Al Hillah. He is a member of the Al-Ali Tribe, an offshoot of the Bani...

division was merged with a Basij unit in the Mazandaran Province to form the Mazandaran Karbala Provincial Corps during the rearrangement of the IRGC units...

The 2008 Karbala bombing occurred on 17 March 2008 in Karbala, Iraq. The suicide bomb detonated outside a cafe near the shrine. The bombings killed at...

Karbala (Persian: كربلا, also Romanized as Karbalā) is a village in Piveshk Rural District, Lirdaf District, Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At...

these groups play in subgroups as well), and each group represents the province to which these clubs belong and lies within its borders. But there are...

(Arabic: عين التمر) is a city in central Iraq, located about 67 km west of Karbala near Razzaza Lake. The oasis of Ayn al-Tamr comprises many villages which...

is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Al-Hindiya is located in the Karbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be...

Aziz Al-Yasiri was born in 1941 in the village of Al-Khayrat, Al-Hindiya, Karbala Governorate, where he grew up and studied. Then he went to Baghdad and...

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...

Al-Hindiya) is a district of the Karbala Governorate, Iraq. Its largest town is Al-Hindiya, to the east of Karbala. The Hindiya Barrage in the north...

Beit-ol-Moqaddas 7, Operation Bazi-Deraz 2, Operation Karbala-5, Operation Karbala-10, Operation Karbala-4, Operation Karbala-1, Operation Dawn 8, Operation Badr, Operation...

Socialist Ba'ath Party. He was responsible for the organizations of Karbala province. Prior to that, he held the position of secretary of the leadership...

the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Born and raised in the Babylonian province Al-Hindiya, Hindawi moved to Baghdad in the 60s, where he studied at the...

Operation Karbala-6 was an Iranian operation during the Iran–Iraq War to prevent Iraq from rapidly transferring units to its defense lines at Basra after...

Kerbala District (Arabic: قضاء كربلاء) is a district of the Karbala Governorate, Iraq. v t e...

Operation Karbala-9 (Persian: عملیات کربلای 9) was an offensive operation in Iran–Iraq War, which was launched by Islamic Republic of Iran Army with the...

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"...

1996 and 2001 he served as Governor of Karbala Province, and following this he served as Governor of Baghdad Province from 2001 to 2003. Aziz was charged...

the heights surrounding the city. On June 30, they launched Operation Karbala 1, recapturing the area by July 3. Saddam ordered the Republican Guard...

Jerusalem), some of the most revered sites by Shias include Najaf and Karbala, in Iraq, and Mashhad and Qom, in Iran. Kaaba (Arabic: The Cube) is the...

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...

Ain Al-Tamur District (Arabic: قضاء عين التمر) is a district of Karbala Governorate , central Iraq. Its population is a 100% Shia. http://www.iau-iraq...

Hazaras heading to greet pilgrims returning from the Arba'in pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq, killing fifteen people and injuring six others. On September 12...

the Dutt clan had fought on behalf of Imam al-Husayn in the Battle of Karbala (680 C.E.), more specifically in the storming of Kufa—sacrificing his seven...

Tunnel: 1,178 m (3,865 ft) long, near city of Ilam, part of Road 21; Rah-e Karbala Tunnel: under construction, part of Road 17; Kabir Kouh Tunnel: 6,250 m...

Muslim community. Later events such as Husayn's martyrdom in the Battle of Karbala (680 CE) further influenced the development of Shia Islam, contributing...