Islamic Art Imam Hussain Battle Of Karbala Sayeda Zainab Ahlulbayt A defining moment in shi'i history and identity, the battle took place in the scorching karbala desert in a.d. 680 and resulted in the martyrdom of imam husain (the prophet's grandson) and his family at the hands of the sunni caliph yazid's troops. canvases like this example served as backdrops to recitations (naqqali) of this tragic story. Religious narrative painting depicting scenes from the battle of karbala which commemorates the martyrdom of imam husayn. this tragedy, which is at the core of shi'ite belief, occurred on the tenth of the month of muharram, a.h. 61 (october 10, a.d. 680) when imam husayn was killed by the sunni caliph yazid in the karbala desert (70 miles from.
Imam Hussain Painting Battle Of Karabala Imam Abbas Islamic Art The battle of karbala (arabic: مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء, romanized: maʿraka karbalāʾ) was fought on 10 october 680 (10 muharram in the year 61 ah of the islamic calendar) between the army of the second umayyad caliph yazid i (r. 680–683) and a small army led by husayn ibn ali, the grandson of the islamic prophet muhammad, at. Four persons were martyred in karbala after the martyrdom of imam husayn (a.s.). they were: 1. suwayd bin ‘amr bin abi ’l muta‘. he was unconscious having been fatally wounded at karbala. when the din of jubilations of yazid’s army, mingled with the cries of the family of imam husayn reached his ears, he regained consciousness. The aftermath of the fateful battle changed the course of islamic history; husayn was martyred in the plains of karbala, along with most of his family and followers. once a year during muharram, the religious commemorate this martyrdom and would carry tazias or effigies of husayn's faithful horse in a procession through the streets. Translated from urdu by amer safir. hadhrat imam hussain (ra) was the blessed grandson of the holy prophet (saw). on 4 th hijri (four years after the prophet (saw) ’s migration from makkah to madinah) he was born to the daughter of the holy prophet (saw), hadhrat fatimah (ra), and her husband hadhrat ali (ra). the child was named hussain (ra).
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