massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions

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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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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 ⓘ
Zaynab bint Ali ⓘ
associatedPractice latmiyya ⓘ
majlis al-husayn ⓘ
ta'ziya ⓘ
associatedRuler Yazid I ⓘ
associatedText Maqtal literature ⓘ
cause refusal of Husayn ibn Ali to pledge allegiance to Yazid I ⓘ
centralTo Shia Islam ⓘ
commanderOfPerpetrators Umar ibn Saad ⓘ
linked to: Umar ibn Saʿd
commemoratedBy Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

some Sunni Muslims ⓘ
commemoratedIn Muharram rituals ⓘ
commemoratedOn Ashura ⓘ
conflict Second Fitna ⓘ
date 10 Muharram 61 AH ⓘ
10 October 680 ⓘ
era 7th century ⓘ
hasMainVictim Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Karbala ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Imam Husayn Shrine
numberOfVictimsEstimate around 70 to 100 ⓘ
opposingCommander Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
partOf Battle of Karbala ⓘ
perpetrator Umayyad forces ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad army

army of Yazid I ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad army
place Iraq ⓘ
Karbala ⓘ
region early Islamic Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo Umayyad–Hashimite conflict ⓘ
succession dispute in early Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
significance defining tragedy in Shia history ⓘ
symbol of martyrdom ⓘ
symbol of resistance against tyranny ⓘ

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Umar ibn Saʿd → associatedWith → massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions ⓘ
Atabat Al-Muqaddasa → honors → martyrs of Karbala ⓘ
linked to: massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions
বিষাদ সিন্ধু → featuresEvent → কারবালায় ইমাম হুসাইন-এর শহাদত ⓘ
linked to: massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions
Tawwabin uprising → hasCause → killing of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
linked to: massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions
Abu al-Fadl → honorificFor → martyrdom of Abbas ibn Ali ⓘ
linked to: massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions
Chehlum → commemorates → martyrs of Karbala ⓘ
linked to: massacre of Husayn ibn Ali and his companions