massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions

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battle-related atrocity historical event religiously significant event

The massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions refers to the killing of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Husayn and his small group of followers at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, a defining tragedy in Islamic, especially Shia, history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
martyrs of Karbala	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle-related atrocity ⓘ historical event ⓘ religiously significant event ⓘ
aftermath	captivity of women and children of Husayn’s camp ⓘ transfer of captives to Damascus ⓘ transfer of captives to Kufa ⓘ
associatedFigure	Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaynab bint Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPractice	latmiyya ⓘ majlis al-husayn NERFINISHED ⓘ ta'ziya ⓘ
associatedRuler	Yazid I NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedText	Maqtal literature ⓘ
cause	refusal of Husayn ibn Ali to pledge allegiance to Yazid I ⓘ
centralTo	Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderOfPerpetrators	Umar ibn Saad NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Shia Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ some Sunni Muslims ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Muharram rituals ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Ashura NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Second Fitna NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	10 Muharram 61 AH ⓘ 10 October 680 ⓘ
era	7th century ⓘ
hasMainVictim	Husayn ibn Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ killing of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ killing of companions of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
hasVictim	companions of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ male relatives of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ supporters of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
impact	enduring Sunni–Shia memory divide ⓘ strengthening of Shia identity ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Arabic ⓘ
memorializedAt	Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfVictimsEstimate	around 70 to 100 ⓘ
opposingCommander	Husayn ibn Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator	Umayyad forces NERFINISHED ⓘ army of Yazid I NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	early Islamic Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo	Umayyad–Hashimite conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ succession dispute in early Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ
significance	defining tragedy in Shia history ⓘ symbol of martyrdom ⓘ symbol of resistance against tyranny ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Umar ibn Saʿd → associatedWith → massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions ⓘ

Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (Holy Thresholds) → honors → massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions ⓘ

subject surface form: Atabat Al-Muqaddasa

this entity surface form: martyrs of Karbala