Back የካርባላ ጦርነት Amharic معركة كربلاء Arabic معركة كربلاء ARZ কাৰবালাৰ যুদ্ধ Assamese Kərbəla döyüşü Azerbaijani کربلا دؤیوشو AZB Битка при Кербала Bulgarian কারবালার যুদ্ধ Bengali/Bangla Bitka na Kerbeli BS Batalla de Karbala Catalan
| Battle of Karbala | |||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 | 114 | ||||||
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| 88 | 114 | ||||||
The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680 AD)a in Karbala, in present-day Iraq.[1] A small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn ibn Ali fought against a larger army serving Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph.[2][3] The Umayyads won. Shias every year commemorate the battle of the Day of Ashura.