The Battle of Karbala took place on October 10, 680 ce (Muharram 10, ah 61) in Karbala, which is located west of the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq. The battle was between a small group led by al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, grandson of Prophet Muhammad, and a much larger army sent by the Umayyad caliph Yazīd I. The battle is a significant event in Islamic history, especially for Shiʿi Muslims, who commemorate it annually as a day of public mourning.
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