Imam Husayn Shrine

The Imam Husayn Shrine is the mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, located in , in the of . Husayn was the second son of Ali and Fatima, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the third Shia Imam, and is regarded as a martyr by all Muslims.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 32 metres (105 feet)
  • Description: burial site of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imam of Islam, in the city of Karbala, Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Holly Shrine of al-Hussain”
    “Imam Husayn Mausoleum”
    “Imam Hussain Shrine”
    “Marqad al Imam al Husayn”
    “Masjidu l-Hussayn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Abbas’s threshold.

Mosque
The Al-Abbas Shrine is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali… is situated 4 km north of Imam Husayn Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karbala.

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Imam Husayn Shrine

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Latitude
32.58333° or 32° 35′ north
Longitude
44.04167° or 44° 2′ 30″ east
Open location code
8H46H2MR+8M
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Imam Husayn Shrine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العتبة الحسينية المقدسة”
  • Arabic: “العتبة الحسينية”
  • Arabic: “حرم الحسين رضي الله عنه”
  • Azerbaijani: “İmam Hüseyn türbəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Хөсәйен имам мәсете”
  • Bengali: “ইমাম হোসাইনের মাজার”
  • Bengali: “ইমাম হোসেনের মাজার”
  • Catalan: “mausoleu de l’imam al-Hussayn”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu de l’Imam al-Hussayn”
  • Cebuano: “Marqad al Imām al Ḩusayn”
  • Central Kurdish: “مەزاری پیرۆزی العباس”
  • Chechen: “Имам Хьусайнан маьждиг”
  • Chinese: “伊玛目侯赛因圣陵”
  • Czech: “Svatyně imáma Husajna”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Tırba İmam Usêni”
  • Dutch: “Imam Hoesseinmoskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العتبه الحسينية المقدسة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العتبه الحسينيه”
  • French: “Mausolée de l’imam Hussein”
  • French: “mosquée de l’imam Hussein”
  • German: “Imam-Husain-Schrein”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד האימאם חוסיין”
  • Hindi: “इमाम हुसैन का मकबरा”
  • Hungarian: “Huszajn imám sírja”
  • Indonesian: “Mausoleum Imam Hussain”
  • Japanese: “イマーム・フサインの墓廟”
  • Japanese: “イマーム・フサイン廟”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Imam Husayn muri Irake”
  • Korean: “이맘 후사인 성전”
  • Macedonian: “Светилиште Имам Хусеин”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hussein ibn Alis helligdom”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sanctuari d’Al-Hussayn ibn Ali”
  • Persian: “حرم امام حسین”
  • Persian: “حرم حسین بن علی”
  • Polish: “Sanktuarium Imama Husajna”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Imam Huceine”
  • Pushto: “امام حسين جومات”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea imamului Hussein”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Imamului Hussein”
  • Russian: “Мавзолей имама Хусейна”
  • Russian: “Мечеть имама Хусейна”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče imama Husayna”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایمام حسین توربه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Imam Husayn”
  • Swedish: “Husayn ibn Alis helgedom”
  • Tajik: “Ҳарами Имом Ҳусайн”
  • Turkish: “İmam Hüseyin Türbesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавзолей Імама Хусейна”
  • Urdu: “روضۂ امام حسين”
  • Uzbek: “Imom Husayn ziyoratgohi”
  • Western Mari: “Имам Хусейн мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “روضۂ امام حسين”

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