Karbala and its Name in the Major Arabic Sources

Abstract

AbstractAl- Haair Al- Husainy is regarded as the spot on which one ofthe great historical tragedies took place . It has many names asthe history tells us . It has been called in number of names withoutany priority or distinction to any one of them at all .these namesare Al- Ghadhiriyya ,Ninevah , Mariya , Ammoriya , Nawawees ,Shattul – Arab , Shatiul – Forat , Al- Taff , Tafful- Forat , Al- Haair ,Al- Hary , Mashhadul- Husain and Karbala .The last name (Karbala) has been just one of the variousnames .By the time, the last nomination widely prevailed andspeedily became accepted by all . It has become the sole heirof it the province name, and this area is no longer known by theother names but by this name which is used all over the provinceand Karbala is considered its center .No other place all over the world , as it seems , has got suchnumber of names like Karbala , which had variety of names forone certain area . and this could be attributed to the fact that thisway of terming a territory or a city by number of names is familiarlyused in the medieval orient and there could be no rejection .these papers contain , a documentation of mentioning Karbalain the linguistic and geographical heritage references as well asin some historical heritage references in brief . The scientificresearch may require resort to some other Arabic referenceswhich mentioned Karbala either , in its present name or in itsother names .

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Abstract Al- Haair Al- Husainy is regarded as the spot on which one of the great historical tragedies took place . It has many names as the history tells us . It has been called in number of names without any priority or distinction to any one of them at all .these names are Al- Ghadhiriyya, Ninevah, Mariya, Ammoriya, Nawawees, Shattul – Arab, Shatiul – Forat, Al- Taff, Tafful- Forat, Al- Haair, Al- Hary, Mashhadul- Husain and Karbala . The last name, Karbala has been just one of the various names .By the time, the last nomination widely prevailed and speedily became accepted by all . It has become the sole heir of it the province name, and this area is no longer known by the other names but by this name which is used all over the province and Karbala is considered its center . No other place all over the world, as it seems, has got such number of names like Karbala, which had variety of names for one certain area . and this could be attributed to the fact that this way of terming a territory or a city by number of names is familiarly used in the medieval orient and there could be no rejection . these papers contain, a documentation of mentioning Karbala in the linguistic and geographical heritage references as well as in some historical heritage references in brief . The scientific research may require resort to some other Arabic references which mentioned Karbala either, in its present name or in its other names .