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ID: 7002537
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002537
Record Type:
administrative
Karbalā' (inhabited place)
Note:
Holy City for Muslims of Shiite branch, site of shrine of Husain, slain here in 680; foremost sacred city in Iraq; Shiites consider burial here a means of reaching paradise; departure point for pilgrimages to Mecca; large Iranian population.
Names:
Karbalā'
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Karbala
(
C
,
O
)
Kerbela
(
C
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Al-ʻIrāq
(nation) (
P
)
............
Karbalā'
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Karbalā'
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
since at least 7th cen.
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
religious center (
C
)
pilgrimage center (
C
)
battlefield (
H
)
............
site Battle of Karbalā' between Sunni & Shiite sects, 680 AD
Sources and Contributors:
Karbalā'..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 740-741
Karbala..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
591
Kerbela..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
347
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 740-741
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
347
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
591
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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