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CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF IMAM HUSAYN
Day
Month
Year
Event
3
Sha'ban
4/625
Birth of Imam Husayn
27
Safar
11/632
His grandfather, Prophet Muhammad, dies
21
Ramadan
40/660
His father, 'Ali, killed
7
Safar
50/670
His brother, Hasan poisoned to death
27
Rajab
60/680
Yazid demands allegiance of Husayn
28
Rajab
60/680
The Imam leaves Medinah at night
3
Sha'ban
60/680
The Imam arrives at Mecca
10
Ramadan
60/680
People of Kufah, Iraq, invite the Imam
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15
Ramadan
60/680
Muslim goes to Kufah as Imam's messenger
5
Shawwal
60/680
Muslim arrives in Kufah
8
DhulHijjah
60/680
Muslim betrayed and killed
8
DhulHijjah
60/680
Imam leaves from Mecca to Kufah
2
Muharram
61/680
Imam arrives in Karbala', Iraq
3
Muharram
61/680
''Umar Ibn Sa'd arrives to army of 30,000
7
Muharram
61/680
Imam's camp blocked from access to water
9
Muharram
61/680
The first attack on Imam Husayn's camp
10
Muharram
61/680
Massacre of Imam Husayn and his followers
11
Muharram
61/680
Captivity of Imam's family
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