Kerbela

[ kur-buh-luh ]

noun

1. a town in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿite sect.

Kerbela

/ ˈkɜːbələ /

noun

1. a variant of Karbala

Example Sentences

Fourthly, every true believer is expected to undertake, if at all possible, a pilgrimage, preferably to Mecca, but if that is out of the question then to Kerbela or Meshed.

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To make a pilgrimage to Kerbela, or to rest finally in its holy dust, or both, 36 constitutes the ambition of every Shiah.

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I had one young man with me who from having performed the pilgrimage to Kerbela bears the name of "Kerbelai" for the rest of his life.

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Ibrahim suggested in a whisper that they had withdrawn farther into the ruins to avoid observation by passengers along the direct route from Kerbela to Meshed Ali.

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Here the roads branch and we part company with the rest of the party, who are going to Kerbela.

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