Karbala [a] is a major city in central Iraq. It is the capital of Karbala Governorate.With an estimated population 691,100 people in 2024, Karbala is the second largest city in central Iraq after Baghdad.The city is located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of the Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake.Karbala is one …

Maqtal al-Husayn; Casualties of Husayn's caravan in Karbala; Sermon of Zaynab bint Ali in the court of Yazid; Sermon of Ali ibn Husayn in Damascus; Mourning of Muharram (Majlis-e-Aza); Day of Ashura

Karbala, city, capital of Karbala muhafazah, central Iraq. The city bears religious and historical significance as the location of the Battle of Karbala. In that contest, al-Husayn ibn Ali, the Shi’i leader and grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and his small party were massacred. His tomb is an important Shi’i shrine.

2025年3月20日 · Battle of Karbala, (October 10, 680 [10th of Muḥarram, ah 61]), brief military engagement in which a small party led by al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and son of ʿAlī, the fourth caliph, was defeated and massacred by an army sent by the Umayyad caliph Yazīd I.The battle helped secure the position of the Umayyad dynasty, but among Shiʿi Muslims (followers of ...

The Wahhabi sack of Karbala (Arabic: هجوم وهابي على كربلاء) occurred on 21 April 1802 (1216 H), under the rule of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, the second ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah, where approximately 12,000 Wahhabis from Najd attacked the Shia city of Karbala. [5]: 387 The raid was conducted in retaliation against attacks on Hajj caravans by Iraqi tribes [6] and ...

Highlights of Karbala, History of Mu'awiyah and Yazid, events of 'Ashura, and lessons from Karbala. Highlights of Karbala The events of Karbala reflect the collision of the good versus the evil, the virtuous versus the wicked, and the collision of Imam Husayn (the head of virtue) versus Yazid (the head of impiety). Al-Husayn was a revolutionary person, a …

2020年12月9日 · The Battle of Karbala (10 October 680 CE) was a small-scaled military engagement, fought near the river Euphrates, in modern-day Iraq, which saw the massacre of heavily outnumbered Alid troops under the command of Husayn ibn Ali (l. 626-680 CE and also given as Hussayn) by the army of the Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 CE). Though the battle was one-sided and ended with a decisive Umayyad victory ...

2010年12月15日 · KARBALA (Karbalāʾ), a city in Iraq, situated about 90 km southwest of Baghdad. It is one of the four Shiʿite shrine cities (with Najaf, Kāẓemayn, and Sāmarrāʾ) in Iraq known in Shʿite Islam as ʿatabāt-e ʿaliāt or ʿatabāt-e moqaddasa (lit. sublime or sacred thresholds; see ʿATABĀT).The third Imam of the Shiʿites, Ḥosayn b.ʿAlī, and his half brother ʿAbbās are buried there.

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِIn this series we provide the history of the events of Karbala as recorded by the Sunnis. Although dampened, and sometimes inaccurate on the favor of the tyrants, such Sunni documents are the lasting testimony for the undeniable horrible massacre of the household of the Prophet (S). The information, unless otherwise ...

Karbala [Kerbala, Karbalaa] is situated about 100 Km. away from Baghdad, 78 km. away from Najaf and 45 km. away from Hilla.