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The Day of Ashura (Arabic: عاشوراء ʻĀshūrā’ colloquially: /ʕa(ː)ˈʃuːra/; Urdu: عاشورہ; Persian: عاشورا; Turkish: Aşure Günü) is on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks a very important day of the Mourning of Muharram.It is commemorated by Shi’a Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (in AHc: October 9 and in AHt: October 10 680 CE) (However if we take into account the difference between the currently used Gregorian calendar and the old Julian calendar which is about 59 days for the time period between the years 680 and 2013 then the date according to the currently used Gregorian calendar will be August 11 or 12 680 CE).In some Shi’a regions of Muslim countries such as Afghanistan Iran Turkey Azerbaijan Iraq Lebanon Bahrain and Pakistan the Commemoration of Husayn ibn Ali has become a national holiday and most ethnic and religious communities participate in it.
