The Battle of Karbala (10 October 680 CE) was a small-scaled military engagement, fought near the river Euphrates, in modern-day Iraq, which saw the massacre of heavily outnumbered Alid troops under the command of Husayn ibn Ali (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1645/battle-of-karbala/ #History #AliibnAbiTalib #Islam #RashidunCaliphate