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[6] [7] Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 691,100 people (2024). [8] The city, best known as the location of the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, or for the shrines of Hussain and Abbas, [9] [10] is considered a holy city for Shia Muslims. Tens of millions of Shi'ite Muslims visit the site twice a year.
In Lohoof, ibn Tawus writes about the most important events of the Battle of Karbala, such as the decision to return the captured family of Muhammad, prophet of Islam, to Karbala on Arba'een. Sayyed ibn Tawus collected some texts about the killing of Husayn ibn Ali. He emphasized that Husayn ibn Ali was aware of his killing at Karbala.
[7] [8] [98] Karbala gave this early political party of pro-Alids a distinct religious identity and helped transform it into a distinct religious sect. [99] [88] Heinz Halm writes: "There was no religious aspect to Shi'ism prior to 680. The death of the third imam and his followers marked the 'big bang' that created the rapidly expanding cosmos ...
Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat (Arabic: العتبات العالیات [1] [2] lit. sublime thresholds), [3] [4] which is also known as Al-Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (literally: holy doorsteps) are the shrines of six Shia Imams which are in four cities of Iraq, namely Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra; [5] [6] [7] and actually the whole of these Imams' shrines (graves) are called Atabat Aliyat. [8]
In Shia Islam, Karbala symbolizes the eternal struggle between good and evil, [9] [10] the pinnacle of self-sacrifice, [11] and the ultimate sabotage of Muhammad's prophetic mission. [12] Historically, the event served to crystallize the Shia community into a distinct sect and remains an integral part of their religious identity to date.
Operation Karbala 10 was a joint operation by Iran and Kurdish PUK rebels in Iraq. Following the failure of the Siege of Basra , the Iranians launched Operation Karbala 10 in northern Iraq on 14 April.
[10]: 28 The sack horrified the "Sunni scholarly establishment", but its aftermath also gave fundamentalism a degree of intellectual credibility in the Sunni literary salons of Baghdad, further heightening sectarian tensions. [11]: 200 Saudi ruler Abd al-Azeez would soon be assassinated by a Shia in a revenge attack. Following 'Abd al-Azeez's ...
Abbas, riding a white horse in the Battle of Karbala, oil on canvas, c. 1868–1933. On the morning of Ashura (10 Muharram), Husayn organized his supporters, some seventy-two men, [17] and designated Abbas as his standard-bearer, an indication of his privileged position among the companions. [1]