KARBALA & ASHURA

PUBLISHER'S WORD	9
PREFACE	11
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND	11
IMAM HUSAYN	13
THE TEXT	15
BEFORE KARBALA'	17
YAZID DEMANDS ALLEGIANCE	17
THE IMAM ENTERS MECCA	21
THE JOURNEY OF MUSLIM IBN 'AQ"L	25
MUSLIM STANDS	28
HANI IBN 'URWAH	30
MUSLIM MEETS IBN ZIYAD	35
MUSLIM'S SONS	38
THE IMAM'S JOURNEY TO KARBALA	44
STOPS ON THE IMAM'S JOURNEY	45
TAN'IM	45
SAFAH	46
DHAT AL-'IRQ	46
HAJIR	47
KHUZAYMIYYAH	48
ZARUD	48
THA'LABIYYAH	50
SHUQQ	50
ZUBALAH	51
BATN AL-AQABAH	51
SHIRAF	52
BAYDHAH	55
RUHAYMAH	55
ADHIB AL-HAJANAT	56
QASR BANI MAQATIL	57
NAYNAWA	59
AT KARBALA'	61
ARRIVAL IN KARBALA'	61
EVENTS OF KARBALA'	62
THE SEVENTH OF MUHARRAM	67
THE EIGHTH OF MUHARRAM	68
SHIMR'S TRICK	70
THE NIGHT OF THE NINTH	71
THE IMAM'S CAMP ON THE NINTH	73
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TENTH	75
THE DAY OF THE TENTH	78
THE FIRST ATTACK	86
THE RIGHT FLANK	89
THE LEFT FLANK	90
AT NOON	92
THE PRAYER	93
THE REMAINING COMPANIONS	96
THE IMAM'S SON, 'ALI AL-AKBAR	98
THE IMAM'S NEPHEW, QASIM	101
THE IMAM'S BROTHER, 'ABBAS	102
AFTER KARBALA'	111
THE NIGHT OF THE TENTH	111
IN KFAH	115
THE PRISONERS MEET IBN ZIYAD	119
'ABDULLAH AL-AZDI	122
MUKHTAR IN PRISON	124
THE JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS	125
ARRIVAL IN DAMASCUS	126
THE PRISONERS MEET YAZID	128
LATER...	136
THE ZIYARAH OF IMAM HUSAYN	139
THE ZIYARAH OF 'ASHURA'	139
THE ZIYARAH OF WARITH	151
IMAM HUSAYN'S JOURNEY TO KARBALA'	169
ABOUT THE MAP	170
CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF IMAM HUSAYN	173
BIBLIOGRAPHY	175

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