Karbala is a modern city located in central Iraq. However, Karbala as a legendary space is best known as the site of a historic conflict that took place on the plains there in 680 CE. Husayn, the third Imam by Shi'i Muslim accounts, revolted against the Umayyad caliph Yazid. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Karbala]
Karbala
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