Karbalāʾ - كربلاء
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A town 60 miles southwest of Baghdād known for the martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī.
Names
- كربلاء1
- Karbala
- Karbalāʾ
- Kerbela
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 32.61603° Long. 44.02488°2
Descriptions
“ثمّ سافرنا منها إلى مدينة كربلاء مشهد الحسين بن عليّ عليهما السلام وهي مدينة صغيرة تحفّها حدائق النخل ويسقيها ماء الفرات والروضة المقدسة داخلها” 3
“كان قد صحبني من مدينة السّرا إلى خوارزم شريف من أهل كربلاء يسمى علي بن منصور” 4
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 230, 370.
- 2 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2102125," iDAI.gazetteer
- 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 230.
- 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 370.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “Karbalāʾ - كربلاء .” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine and Mario Kozah. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5340.About this Entry
Entry Title: Karbalāʾ - كربلاء
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- Haya Al Thani, general editor, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
- Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, and Mario Kozah, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
- Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributor, “Karbalāʾ - كربلاء ”
Additional Credit:
- Research on coordinates by Tobias Scheunchen
- Data correction and integration from Ibn Battuta, al-Bakri, al-Tabari, Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Jubayr, Isho’yahb III, Al-Muqaddasī, Ibn Ḥawqal, Al-Masūdī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥamawī by Tobias Scheunchen
- Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
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