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Karbala

Karbala, in central Iraq, is one of the holiest cities of Shi'i Islam as the site of the battle of 680 in which Husayn ibn Ali (d. 680), grandson of the Prophet, was killed; his shrine there is a major place of pilgrimage. The imams Ali Zayn al-Abidin and Muhammad al-Baqir are connected to the events and memory of Karbala.

12 most-discussed ideas

Works composed here

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Karbala. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.