TY - JOUR ID - TI - Karbala and its Name in the Major Arabic Sources كربلاء ومسمياتها في امات المصادر العربية AU - Prof . Dr. Muhammad Kareem Ibraheem Al- Shammary أ. د. محمد كريم إبراهيم الشمري PY - 2015 VL - 2 IS - ع2 -ج1 SP - 287 EP - 319 JO - KARBALĀʾ HERITAGE Quarterly Authorized Journal Specialized in Karbalāʾ Heritage مجلة تراث كربلاء SN - 23125489 24103292 AB - 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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