Battle of Karbala

When

10 Oct 680

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.62° N, 44.03° E

Description

battle in October 680 between the army of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad and al-Husayn ibn Ali

680 battle in Iraq

The Battle of Karbala was fought on 10 October 680 between the forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I, and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, second son of Ali and grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at Karbala, in modern-day southern Iraq.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Karbala: Forces under Yazid I kill Hussein ibn Ali and his closest supporters”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kerbelâ Olayı yaşandı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der Tod von Husain ibn ʿAlī in der Schlacht von Kerbela im heutigen Irak wird der Ausgangspunkt für die Trennung von Schiiten und Sunniten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Al-Husayn, fils d'Ali, est tué au combat à la bataille de Kerbala en Irak”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة كربلاء التي استشهد فيها حفيد النبي محمد الحسين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد کربلا: نیروهای تحت فرمان یزید اول، حسین بن علی و نزدیک‌ترین حامیانش را به شهادت رساندند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “卡爾巴拉慘案，什葉派領袖侯赛因·本·阿里·本·阿比·塔利卜對抗倭馬亞王朝葉齊德一世的大軍，最終全軍覆沒，標誌著伊斯蘭教中什葉派同遜尼派的徹底決裂。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “カルバラーでイマームのフサインがウマイヤ朝軍に包囲されて戦死する（カルバラーの戦い）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page