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Definition of Kerbala
1. Noun. A city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680.
Geographical relationships: Battle Of Kerbala
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Al-iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic Of Iraq
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerbala
Literary usage of Kerbala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the Early Caliphate: From Original Sources by William Muir (1883)
"YEZID AND THE TRAGEDY AT Kerbala. AH LXI. AJ>. 680. AFTER a reign of unusual
length and prosperity, ..."
2. The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline and Fall, from Original Sources by William Muir (1892)
"TRAGEDY AT Kerbala.—DEATH OF HOSEIN. 61 AH 680 AD AFTER a long and prosperous reign,
... Kerbala ..."
3. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1904)
"Being a clever scholar, anxious to secure some high position, and knowing a leader
was looked for, he saw his chance and wrote at once to Kerbala (Turkish- ..."
4. Through Persia in Disguise: With Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny by Charles Edward Stewart (1911)
"... pilgrims from Afghanistan, who had been to the shrine of Kerbala, near Bagdad.
... earned in making pilgrimages to Kerbala, and also that his own tribe, ..."
5. Report on India and Persia of the Deputation: Sent by the Board of Foreign by Robert Elliott Speer, Russell Carter (1922)
"Around Kerbala and ... Kerbala 80000, Hillah 10000, Bagdad 150000, and Mosul 100000.
All these figures are approximate. At the time of our visit the ..."
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