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Kerbela

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Ker·be·la  (kûrb-l)
See Karbala.

Kerbela [ˈkɜːbələ]
n
(Placename) a variant of Karbala
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Noun1.Kerbela - a city of central Iraq to the south of BaghdadKerbela - a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
Battle of Kerbala - a battle in 680 in which the grandson of Mohammed and his followers were killed; "the Battle of Kerbala is the basis for the Ta'ziyehs that are performed annually"
Al-Iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq


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Universal-Acarsan said it signed a deal with Iraqi Health Ministry in December and will break ground for the first hospital in Kerbela on Friday.
There is always the story of 'how the beloved imam Ali was murdered in a mosque', and always the story of the battle near the city of Kerbela in 680, where Ali's son Huseyin died of thirst.
In using the designation "Yezid," Hakki invokes the martyrdom of Ali's son, the third Shiite Imam Husein, and his adherents who were cruelly killed by the troops of the Umayyad caliph, Yezid, at Kerbela in 680.
 
 
 
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