منتديات أبو الفضل العباس عليه السلام

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The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, 61 AH
(October 9 or 10, 680)in Karbala.
On one side were supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali;
on the other side was a military detachment from the forces of Yazid I,the Umayyad caliph.
The battlefield was a desert region located beside one of the branches of the Euphrates River.
the cause of battle is that yazid wanted husayn to be under his kingdom that was Injustice and not islamic.
but Husayn the grandson of the prophet Muhammad knows the right from the wrong.
Husayn ibn Ali's group consisted of notable members of Muhammad's close relatives, around 72 men their women and children
On the other side were the armed forces of Yazid I, about 40,000 men led by Umar ibn Sa'ad.
It intrigues historians that Hurr, one of the highest ranked commanders of Yazid's army,
who was the man responsible for stopping Husayn at Karbala left the overwhelming force of thousands of soldiers and joined Husayn with his son and a slave.
At the 10th of Muharram he died by Husayn's side in the battle killing 41 soldiers.
Despite the figures of 72 men against thousands,
it is recorded that the battle went on from dawn to dusk.
However, the outcome was obvious, Husayn and his men were martyred including his baby child.
His women and children were taken captives. The captives were made to travel to Syria through the deserts of Iraq,
tied in ropes and taken on camels without saddles, due to which many of the children fell off the camels and the women were not allowed to even stop and help their children.
The graves of these children can still be seen in the desert between Karabla and Kufa.
Today, martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali is commemorated during every Muharram,
with the most important of these days being its tenth day, Ashura.

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