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[[File:Killing Zone.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px| | [[File:Killing Zone.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Darih of Qatligah located in the shrine of Imam Husayn (a).]] | ||
Qatligāh, or the Sacrifice Pit, is where [[Imam al-Husayn b. Ali (a)|Imam al-Husayn (a)]] attained [[martyrdom]].<ref>Āl-i Ṭuʿma, ''Karbalā wa ḥarām-hāyi Muṭahhar'', p. 116, 162; Muḥaddithī, ''Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 417.</ref> It was within these grounds that Imam al-Husayn's head was severed from his body, a brutal act by [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]] or [[Sinan b. Anas al-Nakha'i]].<ref>Muḥaddithī, ''Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 417.</ref> Qatligah was situated at a lower elevation than other parts of the Karbala battlefield,<ref>Muḥaddithī, ''Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 417.</ref> thus earning its name as the pit of sacrifice or murder.<ref>Muṭahharī, ''Falsafa-yi Akhlāq,'' p. 133.</ref> | Qatligāh, or the Sacrifice Pit, is where [[Imam al-Husayn b. Ali (a)|Imam al-Husayn (a)]] attained [[martyrdom]].<ref>Āl-i Ṭuʿma, ''Karbalā wa ḥarām-hāyi Muṭahhar'', p. 116, 162; Muḥaddithī, ''Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 417.</ref> It was within these grounds that Imam al-Husayn's head was severed from his body, a brutal act by [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]] or [[Sinan b. Anas al-Nakha'i]].<ref>Muḥaddithī, ''Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 417.</ref> Qatligah was situated at a lower elevation than other parts of the Karbala battlefield,<ref>Muḥaddithī, ''Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 417.</ref> thus earning its name as the pit of sacrifice or murder.<ref>Muṭahharī, ''Falsafa-yi Akhlāq,'' p. 133.</ref> | ||