Karbala: All Data
Karbala is a city in Iraq. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Karbala: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
680 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Fitna
680 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Karbala (680), part of Second Fitna
680 AD
Capital of Domain of Husayn
1508 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Ismail I
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Harbala, part of Ottoman Empire
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Persian Campaign
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Iraqi War
1947 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Iraqi War
1958 AD
Mentioned in Event: 14 July Revolution
2003 AD
Mentioned in Event: 2003 invasion of Iraq
2003 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Karbala, part of Second Fitna
2003 AD
Mentioned in: 2003 attack on Karbala
2004 AD
Mentioned in Event: Iraq War
2004 AD
Mentioned in: Defense of the Karbala City Hall
2007 AD
Mentioned in: Karbala provincial headquarters raid
2007 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Karbala (2007)
2026 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Karbala Governorate, part of Republic of Iraq