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Al-Karbala'

Al-Karbala' is the capital of Karbala Governorate, Iraq. It is the site where Hussein ibn Ali was killed in the seventh century, and is a Shi'ite pilgrimage center.

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mosques over shrines for Hussein ibn Ali and his half-brother, Al-Karbala, Iraq