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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Karbala canonical 55
Karbala, Iraq 2
Karbala plain 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 ⓘ
Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Arabs

other Muslim minorities ⓘ
distanceFrom Baghdad ⓘ
distanceFromBaghdad_km approximately 100 ⓘ
eventLocation Arbaeen pilgrimage ⓘ
Ashura ⓘ
surface form: Ashura commemorations

Battle of Karbala ⓘ
governingCountryCapital Baghdad ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity religious tourism ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasHeritage Battle of Karbala site ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus urban municipality ⓘ
hasPlaceOfWorship Al-Abbas Shrine in Karbala ⓘ
surface form: Al-Abbas Shrine

Imam Husayn Shrine ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic major Shia pilgrimage center ⓘ
hasTitle Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (Holy Thresholds) ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Karbala ⓘ
surface form: martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn central Iraq ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Karbala Governorate ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates basin
majorReligion Shia Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Karbala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karbala plain
notableFor Shrine of Abbas ibn Ali ⓘ
Imam Husayn Shrine ⓘ
surface form: 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 alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesopotamian Arabic → spokenInCity → Karbala ⓘ
Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Karbala ⓘ
Battle of Karbala → place → Karbala ⓘ
southern Iraq → hasMajorCity → Karbala ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
Husayn ibn Ali → deathPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Husayn ibn Ali → burialPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Karbala → namedAfter → Karbala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karbala plain
Ashura → associatedWith → Karbala ⓘ
Ashura → locationOfLinkedEvent → Karbala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karbala, Iraq
marja'iyya (system of religious authorities) → geographicCenters → Karbala ⓘ
subject surface form: marja'iyya
Imam Husayn Shrine → locatedIn → Karbala ⓘ
Imam Husayn Shrine → city → Karbala ⓘ
Iraq revolt of 1920 → location → Karbala ⓘ
Hillah, Iraq → roadConnection → Karbala ⓘ
subject surface form: Hillah
central Iraq → includesCity → Karbala ⓘ
Karbala Governorate → capital → Karbala ⓘ
Karbala Governorate → contains → Karbala ⓘ
Karbala Governorate → hasMajorCity → Karbala ⓘ
Karbala Governorate → governorateSeat → Karbala ⓘ
Muharram → linkedToPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Bishad Sindhu → settingPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Shimr ibn Dhi’l-Jawshan → associatedPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Iraqi people → significantPopulationCenter → Karbala ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Qajar → burialPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn → placeOfDeath → Karbala ⓘ
Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn → burialPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn → associatedWithPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn → deathPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn → burialPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn → associatedEvent → Karbala ⓘ
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn → hasShrineAt → Karbala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karbala, Iraq
Abbas ibn Ali → deathPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Abbas ibn Ali → placeOfBurial → Karbala ⓘ
Abbas ibn Ali → shrineLocation → Karbala ⓘ
Umar ibn Saʿd → placeOfBattleCommand → Karbala ⓘ
Al-Abbas Shrine in Karbala → locatedIn → Karbala ⓘ
Qasim ibn al-Hassan → placeOfDeath → Karbala ⓘ
Mahdi Army → operationalAreas → Karbala ⓘ
Arbaeen pilgrimage → observedIn → Karbala ⓘ
Arbaeen pilgrimage → destination → Karbala ⓘ
Arbaeen pilgrimage → centeredInCity → Karbala ⓘ
Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (Holy Thresholds) → locatedIn → Karbala ⓘ
subject surface form: Atabat Al-Muqaddasa
Baghdad–Karbala highway → connectsCity → Karbala ⓘ
Baghdad–Karbala highway → endPoint → Karbala ⓘ
Shia Arabs → religiousCenter → Karbala ⓘ
Arbaeen → majorLocation → Karbala ⓘ
Arbaeen (40th day after Ashura) → associatedPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Arbaeen (40th day after Ashura) → centralCityOfPilgrimage → Karbala ⓘ
Imam Husayn → deathPlace → Karbala ⓘ
Imam Husayn → burialPlace → Karbala ⓘ