An yi yakin Karbala a ranar Muharram 10, a shekara ta 61 bayan hijira ta kalandar Musulunci (10 ga Oktoba 10, 680 AD) a Karbala, a cikin Iraki ta yanzu. [1] Wasu tsirarun magoya bayansa da dangin jikan Annabi Muhammad, Husayn bn Ali sun yi fada da babbar rundunar da ke yi wa Yazid I, halifa Umayyawa hidima. [2][3] Umayyawa sun ci nasara. Dakarun Ali ‘ yan Shi’a ne. ‘Yan Shi’a a kowace shekara suna tunawa da yaƙin ranar Ashura.
