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![Imam Husayn Shrine](http://upload.luquay.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Imam_Husayn_Shrine_by_Tasnimnews_01.jpg/450px-Imam_Husayn_Shrine_by_Tasnimnews_01.jpg)
This is the mosque and burial site of Al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali, the third Imam of Shia Islam, in the city of Karbala’, Iraq. It stands on the site of the Mausoleum of Imam Husayn, who was a grandson of Muhammad, near the place where he was martyred during the Battle of Karbala’ in 680 C.E.