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| Karbilá |
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| Pronunciation: car-bell-aw |
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| Shrine city of the Imám Ḥusayn in Iraq and the site of his martyrdom. |
| [BD 126] |
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| City in 'Iráq, site of martyrdom (Oct. 10, 680 A.D.) and sepulchre of Imám Ḥusayn. Also called Mas̲h̲hadu'l-Ḥusayn. "Karb and Balá"—anguish and calamity—Ḥusayn reportedly said of this name. |
| [BG 25] |
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| The city in Iráq where the Imám Ḥusayn was martyred and where he is buried. One of the two "supreme shrines," the other being Najaf. |
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