KARBALA', BATTLE OF


Meaning of KARBALA', BATTLE OF in English

(Oct. 10, 680) Brief engagement in which an Ummayad army sent by Yaz 012B; d I killed al- Husayn ibn Al 012B; and a small group of his family and followers.

Al- 1E24; usayn, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was on his way to Al-K 016B; fah, where he had been invited to press his claim to the caliphate, when he and his party were attacked and killed near the town of Karbal 0101; 02BE; , Iraq. Most Sh 012B; 02BD; ites regard the anniversary of the battle as a holy day of mourning, and on that day they ritually reenact al- 1E24; usayn's death; his tomb in Karbal 0101; 02BE; is likewise considered a place of great sanctity. See also Al 012B; ; fitnah ; Mu 0101; wiyah I .

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