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  2. Karbala - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Karbala Governorate - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of the United States military installations in Iraq

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    Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) ... (Karbala) Karbala: Used by Polish forces [17] ... Location 33.308677 ...

  5. Al-Abbas Shrine - Wikipedia

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    The Al-Abbas Shrine (Arabic: حَرَم أَبا الْفَضْل الْعَبَّاس, romanized: Ḥaram ʿAba al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās) is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali and a mosque, located near the Imam Husayn Mosque in Karbala, Iraq. Abbas was son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the half-brother of Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn.

  6. Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Imam Husayn shrine - Wikipedia

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    The Martyrs of Karbala: Shi'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-98448-1; Litvak, Meir (1998). Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The Ulama of Najaf and Karbala. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-89296-1; al Musawi, Muhsin (2006). Reading Iraq: Culture and Power and Conflict. I.B.Tauris.

  8. Karbala International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Karbala International Airport [1] (Arabic: مَطَار كَرْبَلَاء ٱلدَُوَلِِي, romanized: Maṭār Karbalāʾ Ad-Duwalī) is an airport under development in Karbala Governorate, Iraq. It is located between the cities of Najaf and Karbala, about 20 miles (32 km) to the southeast of Karbala. It is expected to be Iraq's ...

  9. Kerbala District - Wikipedia

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    Kerbala District (Arabic: قضاء كربلاء) is a district of the Karbala Governorate, Iraq This page was last edited on 23 October 2024, at 14:23 ...