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The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10.

In the year 61 A.H of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680).

In Karbala, present-day Iraq.

It was fought between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph, Yazid I, and a small army led by Hussain ibn Ali (AS).

The Umayyad Caliph Muawiyah I had nominated his son Yazid as his successor.

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Banu Hashim and Banu Al-Muttalib, who followed suit, were thus confined within a narrow pass (referred to as 'Shi'b of Abu Talib')

from the beginning of Muharram,

the seventh year of Muhammad's mission till the tenth year,

which is a period of three years.

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 Abu Jaffer Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Kulayni, the author of ‘Al Kafi’ was a Persian Shia hadith collector.

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• Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and son of Hazrat Ali (RA) and Hazrat Fatimah (RA).
• He is often referred to by the title "Shabbir," which means "patient" or "enduring."

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Shah waliullah born in 21 Feb 1703

Died : 20 Aug 1762

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Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq is the holiest site for Shia Muslims as the first Shia Imam Ali was buried here.