Battle of

Karbala - the battle fought on October 10 680/ 10 Muharram 61 years near the modern city of Karbala between the forces of Umayyad Caliph Yazid I, the third branch of Shiite Imam Hussein ibn Ali, who was defeated and killed. Hussein was the yo unger son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, whose followers, known as the Shias do not come to terms with the takeover after his death in 661 the Caliphate by Mu awijÄ™ the Umayyad dynasty, believing that it must be descendants of Ali. After the death of his elder brother, Hussein became the natural leader of the Shiites. When the Mu awija died in 680, the inhabitants of Al-Hussein called on the muzzle to regain the caliphate for AlidĂłw.

Tagi: Karbala was younger Shias come by natural Shiites.