Karbala ko sahara ( Larabci: كَرْبَلَاء‎, romanized: Karbalāʾ  [karbalaːʔ], /k ɑːr b ə l ə / KAR -bə-lə, kuma US : / ˌ k ɑːr b ə l ɑː / KAR -bə- Lah . ) birni ne, da ke a yankin tsakiyar Iraki, wanda yake kusa da 100 kilometres (62 mi) kudu maso yamma na Baghdad, da kuma 'yan mil mil gabas na Tafkin Milh, wanda aka fi sani da Lake Razzaza. Karbala ita ce babban birnin Masarautar Karbala, kuma tana da kimanin mutane 700,000 (2015). Garin, wanda aka fi sani da wurin da aka yi Yaƙin Karbala a cikin shekara ta 680 CE, ko wuraren bautar Imam Husayn da na Abbas, ana ɗauke da shi a matsayin birni mai tsarki ga musulmin Shi’a, daidai da Makka, Madina da Urushalima . Miliyoyin miliyoyin 'yan Shi'a na ziyartar wurin sau biyu a shekara, suna kishiyar Makka da Mashhad da yawan mahajjata a kowace shekara. Miliyoyin ‘yan Shi’a ne ke tuna shahadar Husayn bn Ali kowace shekara.