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'''Qatligāh''' (Sacrifice place) or '''Sacrifice Pit''' (Arabic:{{iarabic|المنحر }},Persian:{{iarabic|قتلگاه}})is the name of a place in [[Karbala]] where, according to sources, [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] was beheaded by [[Shimr]] or [[Sinan]]. This place is today near the [[Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)]], visited by [[Shia]] and lovers of the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]].

Today, there is a basement outside the Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a) which is considered the place where Imam (a) was [[martyr]]ed. In that basement, there is a marble stone, 50 cm above the ground like a grave. Usually, the basement is closed and sometimes it is opened for VIPs to visit.

On the third floor from the ground at the same level with [[Darih]], toward the end of the South-west Rawaq, on the left, there is a door opening to a narrow corridor, where there is a nine round meter room. Its ground is a bit lower and its walls are painted with some mirror works. They say that Imam al-Husayn (a) was martyred there. Another door connects this room to a lower place, where it is said that Imam al-Husayn (a) fell from the horse. Now, the Sacrifice Pit is surrounded with steel windows and visitors stay behind these windows and mourn there.