books.google.co.uk - In 680 C.E., a small band of the Prophet Muhammads family and their followers, led by his grandson, Husain, rose up in a rebellion against the ruling caliph, Yazid. The family and its supporters, hopelessly outnumbered, were massacred at Karbala, in modern-day Iraq. The story of Karbala is the cornerstone...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Reliving_Karbala_Martyrdom_in_South_Asia.html?id=opBkfYKBOjsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareReliving Karbala : Martyrdom in South Asian Memory
