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    Ashura (Arabic: عَاشُورَاء, ʿĀshūrāʾ, [ʕaːʃuːˈraːʔ]) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month...
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  • Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali (category Year of birth unknown)
    was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He went to Karbala with his uncle Husayn ibn Ali, and was killed in the Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura. Abu Bakr was...
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  • Awn ibn Abd Allah ibn Ja'far (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    was a son of Zaynab who accompanied Husayn ibn Ali on his journey from Mecca to Kufa. He was martyred on the Day of Ashura. Awn was a son of Zaynab, Husayn's...
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    of Muharram by Shi'a, culminating on tenth day of the month, known as the Day of Ashura. On this day, Shi'a Muslims mourn, hold public processions, organize...
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  • Ziyarat Ashura (Arabic: زیارة عاشوراء) is an Islamic salutatory prayer to God. The prayer is part of the liturgy used in pilgrimages to the shrine of Husayn...
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    Muslims especially Shi'a, culminating on tenth day of the month, known as the Day of Ashura. On this day, Shi'a Muslims mourn, hold public processions...
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  • Al-Qasim ibn Hasan ibn Ali (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    day of Ashura, Qasim ibn Hasan was killed near the Euphrates, where Husayn and his followers were not allowed to get water. All the 72 companions of Husayn...
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  • injured at least 200 Iraqi Shi'a Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura. The bombings brought one of the deadliest days in the Iraq occupation after the Iraq...
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  • alive, are asked for what crime they were put to death, and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open, and when the sky is stripped away, and when the Hellfire...
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  • Umar ibn Ali (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    reportedly one of the children of Ali ibn Abi Talib who accompanied his brother, Husayn ibn Ali, to Karbala and was killed on the day of Ashura. It is said...
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  • (Department 140) which is part of the Defense Industries Organization (DIO) of Iran. The missile is named after the Day of Ashura, an important religious commemoration...
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    Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar, codenamed Operation Ashura (Arabic: عملية عاشوراء), was a two-day military operation by Iraqi government forces and Iranian-backed...
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  • Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ja'far (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    Husayn ibn Ali and they were martyrs of Karbala. His father was Abd Allah ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and his...
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  • Amir ibn Muslim al-Abdi (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    joined Hussain ibn Ali in Mecca together with his servant Salim. On the Day of Ashura, he was martyred in the first attack. His name has been mentioned in...
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  • Darghama ibn Malik al-Taghlibi (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    ibn Qasit. On the day of Ashura, he injured and killed some enemies during the battle. He was martyred in the first battle on Ashura. It is said that he...
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  • holy day of Ashura. The sect were settled (prior to the battle), with their families at a "camp in Zarga, north of Najaf", where "the main part" of the...
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  • Yazid ibn Thubayt al-Abdi al-Basri (category Year of birth uncertain)
    the Hussain's caravan. Yazid and his two sons were martyred on the Day of Ashura. He and his sons are mentioned in Ziarat al-Shuhada: "Peace be upon...
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  • Amr ibn Abd Allah al-Jundu'i (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    عبداللّه الجُنْدُعی ) was among companion of Hussain ibn Ali who was martyred on the day of Ashura in the Battle of Karbala. Amr ibn Abd Allah al-Junduʿi...
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  • Bashir ibn Amr al-Kindi (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    Muhammad, joined Husayn ibn Ali in Karbala. on the Day of Ashura, Bashir was told that another son of his was captivated on the Rey border. He responded:...
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  • Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (category Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members)
    Bombing on Political Rally in Bajaur, Pakistan". SITE. 31 July 2023. "On Day of Ashura, IS Claims Nearly 50 Casualties in Two Attacks on Shi'ite Shrine Near...
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  • 2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting was a series of clashes that occurred on the Islamic holy day of Ashura on January 18, 2008 and the next day in the Iraqi...
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    parades every year on the Day of Ashura, during the mourning of Muharram, to commemorate the Battle of Karbala and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. During these...
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  • Look up ashura or Ashura in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. Ashura may also refer to: King...
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    during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating with processions in major Shia cities on the tenth day, known as Ashura. Often held in dedicated buildings...
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  • Hanzala ibn As'ad al-Shibami (category Year of birth uncertain)
    to the battlefield, and was martyred on the Day of Ashura 61/680 after killing some people from the army of Kufa. al-Shaykh al-Tusi (2006). Al-Rijal. Qum...
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    Muharram (category Months of the Islamic calendar)
    expressions of joy. By contrast, Ashura is a day of mourning for Shia Muslims, who annually commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic...
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  • of Ali (ḏū l-fiqār) in his hand, between the corner of the Ka'ba and the station of Abraham. By some accounts, he will reappear on the day of Ashura (the...
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  • Amr ibn Khalid al-Saydawi (category People killed at the Battle of Karbala)
    him from that. On the Day of Ashura, Amr and his servant with some others first attacked the army of Umar ibn Sa'd, then the army of Umar ibn Sa'd besieged...
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    Day of Ashura. For both Shias and Sunnis, the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, and his followers. For Sunnis, the crossing of the...
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    Tatbir (category Mourning of Muharram)
    practiced by some Shia Muslims on the day of Ashura on the 10 Muharram of the Islamic calendar and on the 40th day after Ashura, known as Arba'een (or Chehelom...
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