"The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680 AD) in Karbala, situated in present-day Iraq. The battle was between a small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson Hussein ibn Ali, and a much larger military detachment from the forces of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph, to whom Hussein had refused to give an oath of allegiance."@en . "TheUmayyads" . "Hurr was originally one of the commanders of Ibn Ziyad's army but changed allegiance to Hussein along with his son, slave and brother on 10 Muharram 61 AH, October 10, 680 AD" . . "0680-10-10Z"^^ . "Umayyadmilitary victory" . . . . "4,000 or 5,000 (at least) - 30,000 or 100,000 (at most)" . . . . . . "HussainofBanu Hashim" . . "*Incident is mourned byShiaMuslims to date" . . "88 killed, plus some wounded." . . "70-150 (general consensus 110; including six-month-old baby). The common number '72' comes from the number of heads severed." . "Battle of Karbala"@en . .