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Definition of Kerbela

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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerbela

Literary usage of Kerbela

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life in the Moslem East by Pierre Ponafidine (1911)
"... to Holy Places found in Turkey—Unexpected Discovery made by a Physician—Contraband Caravanserai—Suburb of Kerbela —Ancient Canals—City of Kerbela, ..."

2. Nippur Or Explorations A. Adventures on the Euphrates: Narrative of the by John Punnett Peters (1897)
"... and Kerbela, those goals of pilgrimage for pious Shiites alike in life and in death. But between the two journeys I enjoyed a brief period of much ..."

3. Persia and Turkey in Revolt by David Fraser (1910)
"Kerbela. AMONG the sights of Mesopotamia are the ruins of Babylon, and I gladly accepted the proposal of a good citizen of Baghdad to accompany me thither, ..."

4. Persia: The Awakening East by William Penn Cresson (1908)
"In the eyes of a large portion of the Mohammedan world the pilgrimage to Kerbela is only a little less meritorious than a visit to Mecca itself. ..."

5. Islâm by Syed Ameer Ali (1906)
"The seat of government was removed from Medina to Damascus, where the head of the state surrounded himself by Syrian mercenaries. The Butchery of Kerbela ..."

6. Oriental campaigns and European furloughs: the autobiography of a veteran of by Edwin Maude (1908)
"WE left Kerbela about three am on the morning of the 16th, and after a little more than an hour's ride arrived on the banks of the fine Hindiyah Canal, ..."

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