Talk:Battle of Karbala

Sea of blue

@Faithful Philosophy: MOS:SEAOFBLUE advises against placing links next to each other because they appear to be a single link, as in Shi'a literature. It is much better to use single, more specific link if one exists, or to pick the more important of the links (e.g. Shi'a literature) which was what the article did before your edit.-- Toddy1 (talk) 18:13, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Please change the victory

It was Hussaini victory as Imam Hussain never fought to win he knew he was to lose and to lose or win you must achieve or not achieve a goal. Imam Hussains goal was to spread Islam through his sacrifice and verily he has done that as Yazid has been forgotten and he is eternally remembered so please change the victory Labbayk ya Hussain (talk) 03:42, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done Calling it a "victory" either way isn't something the infobox should do, that's a religious/interpretive claim, not a neutral historical outcome. Feel free to add it to the prose with attribution (e.g. "In Shia tradition, the battle is remembered as...") if you've got sources for it, but it doesn't belong in the infobox's result field per WP:NPOV.Arthur Barner (talk) 16:43, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 June 2026

The strenght of Yazid's army reported in the history books is minimum 22,000, some historians stated that it was 30,000. Also there is a narration of strenght of 9,00,000 which is not authentical so much. So make a correction and mention the strenght of Yazid's army atleast 22,000 which is found in the most history books. Also the casualities of the Yazid's army was much more than stated. Some narration stated that atleast 4,000 Yazid's soldiers has been killed by the soldiers of the camp of Imam Hussain (AS). ~2026-37494-68 (talk) 15:01, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Nonsense. Read Tabari.-- Toddy1 (talk) 15:05, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

The tragedy of karbalaa

The tragedy of Karbalaa it’s a tragedy not a battle ! The imam didn’t won’t to fight with the enemy ~2026-42633-10 (talk) 06:16, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

According to Tabari's history, the government forces tried to persuade him to surrender; and he was willing to surrender if her became the prisoner of the caliph (Yazid ibn Muawiyah), but the local governor (Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad) instructed the government forces that if Hussain surrendered, it should be on the basis that Hussain was the prisoner of the local governor. Hussain considered that humiliating, and refused to surrender on that basis. That was why there was a battle.

The background to this was that Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad's father was the son of a prostitute and an unknown client.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:01, 2 August 2026 (UTC)