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Amlash city, Gilan, Iran
The remembrance marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Husayn bin Ali, a grandson of Muhammad, was martyred.

The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, 61 AH (October 9 or 10, 680 CE) (Persian: هجدهم یا نوزدهم مهر ماه 59 شمسی) [1] [2] in Karbala, in present day Iraq. On one side were supporters & relatives of Muhammad (PBUH)'s grandson Husayn ibn Ali and on the other side were a military detachment from the forces of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph.

The size of Husayn ibn Ali's group was very small (73 men), of which many were either very old or very young. But it included many notable members of the Muhammad (PBUH)'s family. On the other side were over 30,000 heavily armed forces of Yazid lead by his General Umar Ibn Sa'ad.

On 7th Muharram, 61 AH (October 6th, 680 CE), Yazid's forces surrounded the traveling group of Husayn ibn Ali and cut-off their access to food and water. Husayn's group had many women and children as well, including Husayn's own 6-months old son. For three days in the heat of Iraqi desert, these men, women & children were made to suffer the thirst and hunger before they were brutally slaughtered on the deserts of Karbala.

Battle of Karbala, has significance in Islamic History for many reasons but mostly for the stories of courage and sacrifice that were displayed by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s family & friends in facing a powerful tyrant Yazid.
The killing of Hussain happened on the tenth day of month of Muharram, and the event was called Ashoora.
عکاس: داوود خانی خليفه محله

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