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The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680 AD) in Karbala, in present-day Iraq. A small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn ibn Ali fought against a larger army serving Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph. The Umayyads won. The forces of Ali were the Shia. Shi'ites every year commemorate the battle of the Day of Ashura.

Images for kids

  • Türkische Miniatur - Before the battle near Kerbela

    An Ottoman miniature depicting the opposing camps before the battle

  • Khema-gah, Karbala

    A shrine built at the location of Husayn's camp

  • Iran Battle of Karbala 19th century

    Battle of Karbala, Iranian painting, oil on canvas, 19th century from the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam

  • Scène de la bataille de Karbalâ, par Mohammad Modabber, deuxième fondateur de l’école picturale ghahveh-khâneh

    The Battle of Karbala

  • AlAbbasMosque01

    The al-Abbas Mosque in Karbala

  • Tale Zeynabieh (2015 Arba'een)

    The place from which Zaynab bint Ali viewed the battle

  • A tilework inside Mu'awin ul-Mulk, Yazid court

    Tilework inside Mu'awin ul-Mulk husayniyya, Kermanshah, Iran, depicting Ali Zayn al-Abidin, Zaynab and other prisoners being taken to Yazid's court

  • Kerbela Hussein Moschee

    The Imam Husayn Shrine during Arba'een

  • Mourning of Muharram in cities and villages of Iran-342 16 (47)

    Ritual of chest beating

  • Muharram mourning, Hussainia TZ

    A majlis being held in a husayniyya

  • Ashura in layyah

    A zuljenah in a Muaharram procession

  • Maktel-i Âl-i Resûl, Lami Çelebi

    Cameleer telling people about the events he witnessed at Karbala

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Batalla de Kerbala para niños

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