Free Download Torsten Hylén, "The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity " English | ISBN: 1399522051 | 2025 | 280 pages | PDF | 3 MB In 680 CE al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, the grandson of the Prophet Muḥammad, was killed in a battle at Karbala. Ancient accounts describe this event as a minor skirmish, similar to the numerous battles that were waged in the early history of Islam. Among Shiʿites, however, the story of the event soon developed into a narrative about a cosmic battle between