Main article: Battle of Karbala
This article contains the list of casualties of Hussain ibn Ali's army in the Battle of Karbala. The battle took place in the year 680, between Caliph Yazid's army from Syria reinforced by troops from Kufa, and the caravan of families and friends of Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is sometimes claimed that 72 men (including Hussain's baby son) of Hussain's Army were killed by the forces of the Yazid I.
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