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The History of Karbala

Author: Abu ‘Ammar
Publisher: The Islamic Information Centre (Bristol)
Category:

• Preface
• THE BACKGROUND OF KARBALA
• IMAM HUSAIN
• EXCELLENCE OF IMAM HUSAIN
• YAZID BIN MU’AWIYAH
• ALLEGIANCE TO YAZID BIN MU'AWIY
• IMAM HUSAIN AND ABDULLAH BIN ZUBAIR WERE CALLED
• ABDULLAH BIN ZUBAIR LEFT MADINA FOR MAKKAH
• IMAM HUSAIN LEFT MADINA FOR MAKKAH
• ABDULLAH BIN UMAR & ABDULLAH BIN ABBAS
• THE NEW GOVERNOR OF MADINA
• IMAM HUSAIN IN MAKKAH
• INVITATION TO IMAM HUSAIN FROM THE PEOPLE OF KUFA
• MUSLIM BIN AQEEL GOES TOWARDS KUFA
• THE GOVERNOR OF KUFA WAS INFORMED
• ADVICE OF SARJOON ROOMI
• UBAYDULLAH BIN ZIYAD GOES TOWARDS KUFA
• MUSLIM BIN AQEEL MOVES PREMISES
• UBAYDULLAH BIN ZIYAD’S DETECTIVE SLAVE
• HANI WAS ARRESTED
• MUSLIM BIN AQEEL SURROUNDS THE GOVERNOR’S HOUSE
• PEOPLE OF KUFA BROKE THEIR PROMISE
• MUSLIM BIN AQEEL WAS ARRESTED
• IMAM HUSAIN RECEIVES MUSLIM BIN AQEEL’S LETTER AND DECIDES TO GO TO KUFA
• IMAM HUSAIN LEFT MAKKAH FOR KUFA
• IMAM HUSAIN MET FARZOOQ
• LETTER FROM ABDULLAH BIN JAFFER
• MARTYRDOM OF QAIS BIN MUSHIR
• IMAM HUSAIN WAS INFORMED OF THE DEATH OF MUSLIM BIN AQEEL
• HUR TA’MEMI CAME
• FOUR PEOPLE CAME FROM KUFA TO JOIN IMAM HUSAIN
• KARBALA
• PLACE OF KARBALA
• UMAR BIN SA`D ARRIVES AT KARBALA
• SHIMAR BIN ZIL JAWSHAN`S ADVICE
• LETTER OF IBN ZIYAD
• IMAM HUSAIN GAVE A TALK TO HIS COMPANIONS
• IMAM HUSAIN GAVE COMFORT TO HIS SISTER ZAINEB
• IMAM HUSAIN’S HISTORICAL SERMON
• EXCHANGE OF WORDS BETWEEN ZUHAIR AND SHIMAR
• SEPARATION OF HUR BIN YAZID FROM THE ARMY OF UMAR BIN SA’D
• BEGINNING OF THE WAR
• END OF IBN JOZAH
• MARTYRDOM OF IBN KHUZAIR
• MARTYRDOM OF UMAR BIN QURZAH
• RAIN OF ARROWS ON IMAM HUSAIN’S FOLLOWERS
• MARTYRDOM OF HABIB BIN MUZAHAR AND HUR BIN YAZID
• MARTYRDOM OF NAFI’ BIN HILAL
• SOME OTHER MARTYRS
• MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSAIN’S FAMILY
• MARTYRDOM OF ABDULLAH BIN HUSAIN
• IMAM HUSAIN’S BROTHERS WERE MARTYRED
• IMAM HUSAIN WAS LEFT ALONE
• MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSAIN
• EVENTS AFTER MARTYRDOM
• THE TENTS WERE ROBBED
• IMAM HUSAIN’S FAMILY TAKEN TO KUFA
• MARTYR OF ABDULLAH BIN AFEEF
• PRISONER’S JOURNEY TO SYRIA
• ZUHAIR BIN QAIS WENT TO YAZID
• THE FAMILY OF IMAM HUSAIN REACHED SYRIA
• THE FAMILY’S JOURNEY BACK TO MADINA
• NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MARTYRED IN KARBALA
• WHAT HAPPENED AFTER KARBALA?
• ALL THE ROADS INTO MADINA WERE BLOCKED
• WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF MADINA AND THE SYRIAN ARMY
• WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF MAKKAH AND THE SYRIAN ARMY
• TAWWABIN (THOSE WHO MAKE REPENTENCE)
• MUKHTAR BIN ABEE UBAID SAKFEE KAZZAB (LIAR)
• EXAMINING CERTAIN OBJECTIONS THAT ARE RAISED ABOUT IMAM HUSAIN
• SCHOLARS’ OPINION ABOUT YAZID
• SUPPORTERS OF YAZID
• SHIMAR BIN ZIL JAWSHAN
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS