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Karbala

كربلاء

A city in Iraq containing the shrine of al-Husayn, mentioned by Ibn Battuta during his travels in Iraq.

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Levant & Iraq
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Overview

Karbala is a city in Iraq where the shrine of al-Husayn is, and Ibn Battuta mentions it on his journey through Iraq. 1

An additional source is needed: the coordinates come from the modern settlement that bears the same name, and their match with the ancient site has not been verified. 2

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Place of death of
Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn (the infant of Karbala)· Al-Qasim ibn al-Hasan· Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn· Husayn ibn Ali· Uthman ibn Ali
Burial place of
Ahmad Shah Qajar· Fateh Ali Khan Qizilbash· Husayn ibn Ali· Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar· Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
Contains
Building the fortified wall around the shrine of al-Ha'ir in Karbala

People and things also explored

Husayn ibn Ali· Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar· Ali ibn Abi Talib· Hasan ibn Ali· Tabriz· Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn (the infant of Karbala)· Ahmad Shah Qajar· Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn

Sources

  1. Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
  2. GeoNames gazetteer
  • The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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islam.museum contributors. “Karbala”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/karbala/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Husayn ibn Ali

Younger grandson of the Prophet through Fatima and Ali; killed at Karbala in 680 CE after refusing allegiance to Yazid I, an event of lasting significance especially in Shia tradition.