This book contains a brief yet documented narrative of an incident that
took place in Karbala’’, Iraq, in 61 A.H. (After Hijra, or Hegira)/680
A.D. It has stamped the history of the Muslim nation ever since, and it
will continue to do so till the reappearance of the Awaited One, the
Mahdi from among the offspring of Prophet Muhammad. It refers to a
revolution against tyranny and oppression led by Imam al-Husayn son of
Imam Ali ibn [son of] Abu [father of] Talib and grandson of Prophet
Muhammad.