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Explanation

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.