Karbala
Two golden shrines facing each other across a courtyard, and a city that exists for the people who come to them. During Arbaeen it takes millions of visitors on foot.
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The Al-Abbas Shrine is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali, situated near the Imam Husayn Shrine, located in Karbala, in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq. Abbas was a son of Ali, the half-brother of both Hasan and Husayn, Husayn's flag-bearer in the Battle of Karbala, and chief of his caravans.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Jul 2026
Taisir Mahdi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Al-Tall Al-Zaynabiyya is the name of a Shia Islamic holy place in Karbala, Iraq. It overlooks the site of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, who was killed during the Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Aug 2026
kazem fattahi · CC BY 3.0
Bayn al-Haramayn, also transliterated as Bainul Haramain, is the area between the Imam Husayn Shrine and al-Abbas Shrine, which is a distance of 378 meters. It is said to be the exact place where the fighting in the Battle of Karbala took place.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
Karbobala Photos · CC BY 4.0
The Imam Husayn Shrine is the mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, located in Karbala, in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq. Husayn was the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the third Shia Imam, and is regarded as a martyr by all Muslims. The site is the place where he was brutally killed and beheaded during the Battle of Karbala.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Samerhusseini87 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Al-Abbas Shrine is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali, situated near the Imam Husayn Shrine, located in Karbala, in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq. Abbas was a son of Ali, the half-brother of both Hasan and Husayn, Husayn's flag-bearer in the Battle of Karbala, and chief of his caravans.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Jul 2026
Taisir Mahdi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Al-Tall Al-Zaynabiyya is the name of a Shia Islamic holy place in Karbala, Iraq. It overlooks the site of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, who was killed during the Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Aug 2026
kazem fattahi · CC BY 3.0
Bayn al-Haramayn, also transliterated as Bainul Haramain, is the area between the Imam Husayn Shrine and al-Abbas Shrine, which is a distance of 378 meters. It is said to be the exact place where the fighting in the Battle of Karbala took place.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
Karbobala Photos · CC BY 4.0
The Imam Husayn Shrine is the mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, located in Karbala, in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq. Husayn was the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the third Shia Imam, and is regarded as a martyr by all Muslims. The site is the place where he was brutally killed and beheaded during the Battle of Karbala.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Samerhusseini87 · CC BY-SA 4.0