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Karbala

American  
[kahr-buh-luh] / ˈkɑr bə lə /

noun

  1. Kerbela.


Karbala British  
/ ˈkɑːbələ /

noun

  1. 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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On Wednesday, hundreds of mourners processed through the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala with Mousavi’s body.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Many pilgrims walk hundreds of kilometres from the Iran-Iraq border to Karbala, or drive there in overcrowded cars and buses, and deadly accidents have been frequent.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

Hussein’s death in battle at the hands of Sunnis at Karbala, south of Baghdad, ingrained a deep rift in Islam and continues to this day to play a key role in shaping Shiite identity.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

The site of the shrine, located in Iraq's Karbala region, contains a water spring that Shia Muslims believe their first imam Ali bin Abi Talib drank from in the 7th Century.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2022

Mirza Jani does not mention this, but unless our heroine made two journeys to Karbala, is it not the easiest way of understanding the facts?

From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Cheyne, Thomas Kelly