Karbala
[kahr-buh-luh]
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Contemporary Examples
In nearby Karbala, a car bomb detonated near a police station, killing three and wounding 20 others.
He was killed on the tenth of Muharram (Ashura) in the year 680 on the plain of Karbala, in what is now Iraq.
“The blood of our martyrs [is] the continuation of the blood of the martyrs of Karbala,” he proclaimed.
Historical Examples
The members of the highest degree reside at Karbala, the sacred city.
Modern PersiaMooshie G. Daniel
A garland of cakes of Karbala clay is tied round the neck of the corpse.
Karbala
Kerbela
- a town in central Iraq: the chief holy city of Iraq and centre of Shiah Muslim pilgrimage; burial place of Mohammed's grandson Husain. Pop: 460 000 (2005 est)
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