Karbala

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city holy city

Karbala is a major city in central Iraq, revered as a holy site in Shia Islam and known for the shrine of Imam Husayn and the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage.

Aliases (2)

Karbala plain ×1
Karbala, Iraq ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → holy city →
associatedWith	Abbas ibn Ali → Ahl al-Bayt → Husayn ibn Ali →
capitalOf	Karbala Governorate →
climate	arid climate →
coordinateLocation	32.6167°N 44.0333°E →
country	Iraq →
demographicGroup	Shia Arabs → Sunni Arabs → other Muslim minorities →
distanceFrom	Baghdad →
distanceFromBaghdad_km	approximately 100 →
eventLocation	Arbaeen pilgrimage → Ashura commemorations → Battle of Karbala →
governingCountryCapital	Baghdad →
hasEconomicActivity	religious tourism → services → trade →
hasHeritage	Battle of Karbala site →
hasMunicipalStatus	urban municipality →
hasPlaceOfWorship	Al-Abbas Shrine → Imam Husayn Shrine →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	major Shia pilgrimage center →
hasTitle	Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (Holy Thresholds) →
historicalEvent	martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali →
languageUsed	Arabic →
locatedIn	central Iraq →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Karbala Governorate →
locatedInTimeZone	Arabia Standard Time →
locatedOn	Euphrates basin →
majorReligion	Shia Islam →
namedAfter	Karbala plain →
notableFor	Shrine of Abbas ibn Ali → Shrine of Imam Husayn →
partOf	Arab world → Fertile Crescent → Mesopotamia → Middle East →
pilgrimageType	Arbaeen pilgrimage destination → Ashura pilgrimage destination →
religionSignificance	Islam → Shia Islam →
roadConnection	Baghdad–Karbala highway →
utcOffset	+3 →
writingSystem	Arabic script →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ashura →	associatedWith
Husayn ibn Ali →	burialPlace
Imam Husayn Shrine →	city
Husayn ibn Ali →	deathPlace
marja'iyya →	geographicCenters
Islamic world →	hasCulturalCenter
Southern Iraq →	hasMajorCity
Imam Husayn Shrine →	locatedIn
Iraq revolt of 1920 →	location
Ashura ("Karbala, Iraq") →	locationOfLinkedEvent
Karbala ("Karbala plain") →	namedAfter
Battle of Karbala →	place
Mesopotamian Arabic →	spokenInCity