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Definition of Battle of Kerbala
1. Noun. A battle in 680 in which the grandson of Mohammed and his followers were killed. "The Battle of Kerbala is the basis for the Ta'ziyehs that are performed annually"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Kerbala
Literary usage of Battle of Kerbala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Saracens from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Bagdad by Arthur Gilman (1887)
"... at the battle of Kerbala, a violent desire to revenge the slaughter of Hosein,
and placing at their head one Soliman, they assembled outside the walls ..."