Karbala or Kerbala (/ˈkɑːrbələ/ KAR-bə-lə, US also /ˌkɑːrbəˈlɑː/ KAR-bə-LAH; Arabic: كَرْبَلَاء, romanized: Karbalāʾ, IPA: [karbaˈlaːʔ]) is a city in central...
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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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Karbala Sport Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karbala that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football. On June 23, 2013, after...
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Stadium, Al Ain 16 September 2024 (2024-09-16) 19:00 UTC+3 Karbala International Stadium, Karbala 16 September 2024 (2024-09-16) 21:30 UTC+3:30 Azadi Stadium...
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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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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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Imam Husayn Shrine (redirect from Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala)
ʿAlī) is the mosque and burial site of Husayn ibn Ali, in the city of Karbala, Iraq. It stands on the site of the Mausoleum of Husayn, who was a grandson...
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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 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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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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Muharram (section Battle of Karbala)
alongside most of his relatives and his small retinue, in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (r...
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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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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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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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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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Karbala (Persian: كربلا, also Romanized as Karbalā) is a village in Piveshk Rural District, Lirdaf District, Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At...
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Zaynab bint Ali (category Battle of Karbala)
imam. Zaynab is best known for her role in the aftermath of the Battle of Karbala (680 CE), in which her brother Husayn and most of her male relatives were...
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Siege of Basra (redirect from Operation Karbala-5)
The siege of Basra, code-named Operation Karbala-5 (Persian: عملیات کربلای ۵) or The Great Harvest (Arabic: الحصاد الاكبر), was an offensive operation...
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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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Shia Islam (section Hasan, Husayn, and Karbala)
community. Later events such as Husayn ibn Ali's martyrdom in the Battle of Karbala (680 CE) further influenced the development of Shia Islam, contributing...
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Defense of the Karbala City Hall, also known as the Battle of the City Hall, was a series of fights that took place between 3 and 6 April 2004, between...
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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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Sakina bint Husayn (category Battle of Karbala)
Imam, and Rubab bint Imra al-Qais. Sakina was a young child in 680 at Karbala, where she witnessed the massacre of her father and his supporters by the...
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