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Karbala [a] is a city in central Iraq, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate , and has an estimated population of 691,100 people (2024).
The Battle of Karbala galvanized the development of the pro-Alid [b] party (Shi'at Ali) into a distinct religious sect with its own rituals and collective memory. It has a central place in Shi'a history, tradition, and theology, and has frequently been recounted in Shi'a literature .
English: Sketch map of the Kerbala Governorate in Iraq. Date: 13 October 2014, 09:42:42: ... Karbala; Karbala (provins) Usage on diq.wikipedia.org Kerbela (wılayet)
Karbala Restaurant - This was the first and most popular restaurant in the area. It was at the beginning of Ali al-Akbar Street and owned by Muhammad-Taqi Salar. The restaurant used to close on Ashura, and used to distribute food to the pilgrims, free of charge. The restaurant had a basement, with a small shrine, associated with the event of a ...
Karbala Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كربلاء, Muḥāfażat Karbalāʾ) is a governorate in central Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Karbala, a holy city for Shia Muslims for housing the shrine of the revered Imam Hussein. The population is majority Shia. [2] The governorate includes part of the artificial Lake Milh.
On 18 Dhu al-Hijjah, coincident with the anniversary of Ghadir Khum, [2]: 74 Wahhabis of the Najd led by Abdulaziz bin Muhammad ' s son, Saud, attacked Karbala. The Ottoman garrison escaped, and the Wahhabis were left free to loot the city and the shrine and kill 2,000 [2]: 74 –5,000 people.
English Operation Karbala-5 (Siege of Basrah) was an unsuccessful Iranian offensive that ended in an Iraqi victory. Iran captured some embankments, however were unable to lay pressure on, or capture the city of Basrah.
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 bypassed during the advance on Baghdad, leaving American units to clear it in two days of street fighting against Iraqi Saddam Fedayeen Irregular forces .