Karbala and Ashura

Chronology of the Life of Imam Husayn

|---------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------------| | Day | Month | Year | Event | | 3 | Sha’ban | 4/625 | Birth of Imam Husayn | | 27 | Safar | 11/632 | His grandfather, Prophet Muhammad, dies | | 21 | Ramadan | 40/660 | His father, ′Ali, killed | | 7 | Safar | 50/670 | His brother, Hasan poisoned to death | | 27 | Rajab | 60/680 | Yazid demands allegiance of Husayn | | 28 | Rajab | 60/680 | The Imam leaves Medinah at night | | 3 | Sha’ban | 60/680 | The Imam arrives at Mecca | | 10 | Ramadan | 60/680 | People of Kufah, Iraq, invite the Imam | | 15 | Ramadan | 60/680 | Muslim goes to Kufah as Imam’s messenger | | 5 | Shawwal | 60/680 | Muslim arrives in Kufah | | 8 | DhulHijjah | 60/680 | Muslim betrayed and killed | | 8 | DhulHijjah | 60/680 | Imam leaves from Mecca to Kufah | | 2 | Muharram | 61/680 | Imam arrives in Karbāla’, Iraq | | 3 | Muharram | 61/680 | ‘‘Umar Ibn Sa’d arrives to army of 30,000 | | 7 | Muharram | 61/680 | Imam’s camp blocked from access to water | | 9 | Muharram | 61/680 | The first attack on Imam Husayn’s camp | | 10 | Muharram | 61/680 | Massacre of Imam Husayn and his followers | | 11 | Muharram | 61/680 | Captivity of Imam’s family |