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Karbala  

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  • Karbala is a modern city located in central Iraq. However, Karbala as a legendary space is best known as the site of a historic conflict that took place on the plains there in 680 CE. Husayn, the third Imam by Shi'i Muslim accounts, revolted against the Umayyad caliph Yazid. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Karbala]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N3JJCM4X-M

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