Imam Husayn Shrine
The Imam al Husayn Shrine is the mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali and Shi'ite mosque, located in the holy city of Karbala, in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- 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”, and “Masjidu l-Hussayn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Abbas’s threshold.
Al-Abbas’s threshold
Mosque
Photo: Sameralhusseini1987, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Al-Abbas Shrine is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali and a Shi'ite mosque, situated near the Imam Husayn shrine, located in Karbala, in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq. Al-Abbas’s threshold is situated 4 km north of Imam Husayn Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karbala.
Karbala
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Karbala is a major city in central Iraq. It is the capital of Karbala Governorate. With an estimated population of 691,100 people in 2024, Karbala is the second largest city in central Iraq, after Baghdad.
Imam Husayn Shrine
- Categories: mosque, mausoleum, architectural landmark, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kerbala District, Karbala Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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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”
- 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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