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  2. Muharram - Wikipedia

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    1 Muharram: Death of Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) by injuries from the attack of Persian slave Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz. [28] Sunnis carry rallies on 1 Muharram to commemorate Umar. [29] 2–10 Muharram: Most mourning rituals for Karbala take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on the tenth with processions in major Shia cities. [30 ...

  3. Mourning of Muharram - Wikipedia

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    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 I (r. 680–683). The battle followed Husayn's refusal to pledge his allegiance to Yazid, who is often portrayed by Muslim historians as impious and immoral. In Shia Islam, Karbala symbolizes the ...

  4. Shia days of remembrance - Wikipedia

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    Mourning of Muharram starts: continues for 2 months and 8 days until the 8th of Rabi-al-awwal 2: M: Arrival of Husayn ibn Ali in Karbalā, 61 AH: 3: M: Water supply to the camp of Husayn ibn Ali was stopped: 7: M: Stored water in the tents of the camp of Husayn ibn Ali runs out: 9: M: Eve of Ashura: Called "Tāsūʿā" in Arabic 10: M: Day of ...

  5. Bibi-Ka-Alam - Wikipedia

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    Bibi-Ka-Alam or Bibi-Ka-Alawa is an annual procession during Muharram. Bibi-ka-Alam, installed in the name of Imam Hussain, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, at the Bibi ka Alawa at Dabirpura, [1] Old City (Hyderabad, India) on the 10th day following Moharram. [2] It is a Shia event.

  6. Ashura - Wikipedia

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    During Muharram, especially on Ashura, [49] processions of mourners (dasta, mawkib) march the streets, [60] chanting dirges and elegies, [61] sometimes accompanied by self-flagellation. [ 49 ] [ 59 ] For instance, in the tawarij march in Karbala, male and then female mourners walk barefoot to the shrine of Husayn in the afternoon of Ashura. [ 59 ]

  7. Arba'in pilgrimage - Wikipedia

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    Husayn was killed on 10 Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680 CE), alongside most of his male relatives and his small retinue, in the Battle of Karbala against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (r. 680–683), having been surrounded for some days and deprived of the drinking water of the nearby Euphrates river.

  8. Hair care - Wikipedia

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    Hair care in Tianjin, China, in late Qing dynasty . Hair care or haircare is an overall term for hygiene and cosmetology involving the hair which grows from the human scalp, and to a lesser extent facial, pubic and other body hair.

  9. List of observances set by the Islamic calendar - Wikipedia

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    Muharram (alternative spellings here) 1st Month of the Islamic calendar, can be either 29 or 30 days. 1 Muharram August 31, 2019 Islamic New Year: 1-10 Muharram August 31-September 9, 2019 Bibi-Ka-Alam: event held in Hyderabad, India: 2 Muharram September 1, 2019 Shia day of Mourning: Arrival of Imam Hussain in Karbalā, 61 A.H. 3 Muharram