Tag Archives: Karbala

The Twenty-Fifth Station: Niynawa (Karbala)

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TIME OF ARRIVAL: On Thursday, on Muharram 2nd Karbala means softness. It was a land full of thorns having soft soil and had a very short distance to Euphrates. SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS: Stopping the caravan from going further by the order of Hurr ibn Yazid al-Riyahi after receiving the letter of Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad; The Imam’s expression of his martyrdom …

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Roozedahom Periodical, Vol. II

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Dezful Ashura Cultural Institution (DACI) published the second volume of its English periodical in the first decade of Muharram on the occasion of Imam Husain’s martyrdom. You can download “ROOZEDAHOM II” in PDF format. (ROOZ-E-DAHOM means the tenth day and it refers to Muharram 10th, the day of Ashura.) ROOZDAHOM-2

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“Medina to Madina” Table

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Here is the table of landmarks in terms of the events happened to the caravan of Imam Husain (PBUH) from Medina to Karbala, and to the captive caravan from Karbala to Sham (Damascus) and their return to Medina. You can also download it in PDF format. Download  

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“Tears, Tears, Tears”

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Sands were so hot, Sun was high, Enemies were too many And friends were so few… Swords, spears and arrows War, God and love Thirst by water: what it means; Blood and fire: how it wins;

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