THE FAMOUS ANTIQUES PLACES: The famous antiques places are Hisnul Ukhaidar, Qal'atul Hindi, Khanul Atshan.
THE MOSQUES OF THE CITY: There are more than one hundred mosques in the city, but the famous of those mosques are Ra'sul Husain mosque, Imran bun Shaheen mosque, Shaheedu Thani's mosque, Central mosque of Al-Sar dar Husain Khan, Al-Nasiri central mosque , Al-Shahrastani central mosque, Al-Hamidiya central mosque, Sayyid Ali Naqi Al-Tabatabaee's mosque, kubais mosque, Shaikh Yusif Al-Bahrani's mosque, Shaikh Khalaf central mosque, Al-Ar'dabiliya central mosque, Al-Haj Nasrullah central mosque, Al-Mukhayyam central mosque.
THE HUSSAINIYAS OF THE CITY: There are more than one hundred Husainiyas in the city, but famous of those Husainiyas are Husainiya of Al-Haidariya, Husainiya of Sayyid Mohammed Saleh, Husainiya of Rabee'ah, Husainiya of Al-Mushahadah, Husainiya of Amir sons, Al-Haj Hanan Husainiya and Husainiya of Al-Kiradah Ash-Sharqiyah .
THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS OF THE CITY 1 Ü Al-Muhsaniya school(1327 A.H)
2 Ü Al-Jafariya school(1333 A.H)
3 Ü Al-Ahmadiya school(1921 A.D)
4 Ü Al-Faisaliya school(1921 A.D)
5 Ü Ar-Radhawiyah school(1345 A.H)
6 Ü Al-Imam Baqir(peace be upon him) school(1381 A.H)
7 Ü Al-Mujahid school(1270 A.H)
8 Ü Al-Badkubah school(1270 A.H)
9 Ü As-Sadrul A'azam school(1276 A.H)
10 Ü Al-Haj Abdul Karim school(1287 A.H)
11 Ü Al-Buq'ah school(1250 A.H)
12 Ü As-Salimiyah school(1250 A.H)
13 Ü Al-Hindiya Al-Kubra school(1920 A.D)
14 Ü Al-Hindiya As-Sughra school(1300 A.H)
15 Ü Ibn Fahd Al-Hilli school(1358 A.H)(The school was rebuilt)
16 Ü Az-Zainabiyah school(1276 A.H)(is ruined)
17 Ü Al-Mahdia school(1287 A.H)
18 Ü Al-Burujerdi school(1381 A.H)
19 Ü Shariful Ulamaa Al-Mazandarani's school(1384 A.H)
20 Ü Al-Khateeb school (1355 A.H)
21 Ü Al-Imam As-Sadiq school (peace be upon him) (1376 A.H)
22 Ü Al-Husainiya school(1388 A.H)
23 Ü As-Sardar Hasan Khan school (1180 A.H)(This school contains more than 70 rooms that now only 16 rooms is remained)
THE LIBRARIES OF THE CITY: The libraries of the city are Imam Husain (peace be upon him) tomb sanctuary library, Sayyid Nasrullah Al-Hairi's library, Shaikh Abdul Husain At-Tahrani library, Sayyid Abdul Husain Al-Klidar Aal-Tu'mah's library, Sayyid Husain Qazwini's library, Sayyid Mohammed Baqirul Hujjah Al-Tabatabaee's library, Shaikh Ahmed bun Zainul Abideen Al-Hairi's library, Shaikh Muhsin Abul Hub library, Shaikh Mohammed bun Dawud Al-Khateeb library, Sayyid Mahdi Ash-Shahrastani's library, Sayyid Muhsin Al-Jalali Al-Keshmiri's library.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF THE CITY: The public libraries are: Jafariya library, Sayyidu Shuhada library, public central library, Abul Fadhl Al-Abbas's library, Rawdhatul Husainiya library, Sayyid Ali Akbar Al-Hairi library, Mawla Abdul Hamid Al-Farahani library, Rasulul A'azam library (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him and his pure progeny) Islamic rising library, As-Sayyidatu Zainab Al-Kubra's library (peace be upon her), Al-Quranul Karim library.
THE CEMETERIES: The cemeteries of the city are: Saahatul Mukhayyam, Wadil Ateeq (which is Al-Gharah school now), Saahatul Hayabi (opposite to Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (peace be upon him), Al-Wadil Jadeed (opposite train station, Indians cemetery (Bustan Ibn Zarb opposite tomb of Ibn Hamzah).
THE OLD AND NEW MARKETS OF THE CITY: The markets of the city are as follows: Al-Makhdhar market, An-Najjarain market, Al-Harj market, As-Saffarin market, As-Saagha market, Labzazin market (Arab market), Al-Alaawi market, Al-Husain's market (peace be upon him), Zainabiyah market and Babul Khan market. .
THE OLD AND FAMOUS HOUSES OF THE CITY: Al-Kahiyah house, Zad house, Al-Bir house, Al-Mazraaqji house, Al-Akhir house.
6 - FROM THE MEMORY OF THE HISTORY: The Commander of Faithful Imam Ali (peace be upon him) descended in Karbala when he was passing to the battle of Sifeen, whereas he was witnessed thinking about ancient monuments and antiques of the city. Then he was asked about it, in which he replied, verily, this land has a great issue, here is the station of their horses, here is where their blood shall be shed, and he was asked about it, and he replied saying, descending in this place is very heavy upon the progeny of Mohammed (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him and his pure progeny).
When Imam Husain (peace be upon him) arrived at Karbala and was surrounded by the horses of Ubaidullah bun Ziyad, then he said, what is the name of this village? and pointed to a village called Al-Aqr, it was replied saying it is Aqr, Imam Husain (peace be upon him) then said, we seek refuge with God from Al-Aqr, then he asked once again what is the name of this city? Then his companions replied that, its name is Karbala. From there Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said, land of Kar'b and Balaa (means anguish and misfortune land).
- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) and his companions were martyred in Karbala on the 10th of Muharram in year 61 A.H., and he was buried in the holy yard.
Ü Revolution of Yazid bun Al-Malhab occurred during the time of Yazid bun Muawiyah that was at Aqr square which is close to Karbala, on the shore of Furat. This terrible battle took place there and caused defeatness of the Revolutionaries in front of Muslimah bun Abdul Malik's soldiers, the leader of the soldiers of Yazid.
Ü Dhabbatu bun Mohammed Al-Asadi attacked Karbala when he was Emir of Aynu Tamr. This attack occurred in year 369 A.H.
- Khafajah also attacked Karbala in year 479 A.H. during the time of Imaaratu Saifu Al-Dawlah.
Ü Taimurlank Attacks on Karbala occurred in year 795 A.H.
Ü In year 858 A.H. Mawla (Ali Al-Musha'asha'ee) occupied Karbala and plundered the sanctuary tomb of Imam Husain (peace be upon him) and killed people bitterly and captured the rest of them to his castle in Basrah.
- In year 1013 A.H. Aal-Mahna (Mahnasids) tribe attacked Karbala with the leadership of their commander called Nasir bun Mahna, and ruled Karbala for 40 years till year 1053 A.H. .
- The Wahhabis attacked Karbala with the leadership of Sa'ud bun Abdul Aziz in year 1216 A.H. and killed most of the people in the markets, houses and destroyed the dome of Imam Husain's tomb (peace be upon him). They also plundered whatever were in the city and the holy shrine such as properties, arms, clothes, silver, and gold. This battle was named The Second Battle of Taf (Al-Taf Ath-Thani).
- In year 1534 A.D. Ottomans occupied the whole of Iraq, and Sultan Sulaiman Al-Qanuni dug a river from Furat named (An-Nahr As-Sulaimani) which is known now as Nahr Al-Husainiya.
- In year 1241 A.H. / 1825 A.D. the event of Al-Manakhur happened at the time of Dawud Basha, whereas his horses surrounded Karbala with the leadership of Emir of his cavalry (Sulaiman Mir Akhur) when he surrounded the city and violated it for eight months.
- The incident of Mohammed Najib Basha happened in year 1258 A.H. / 1842 A.D. then he forced people of Karbala by the armed force to submit for the Ottoman rule.
- Iranians occupied Iraq with the leadership of Al-Shah Abbas As-Safawi in year 1623 A.D..
- In year 1638 A.D. Al-Sultan Al-Uthmani the Forth Murad, surrounded the holy city of Karbala.
- Ali Hadla's movement which is hostile to the Ottoman government happened in year 1293 A.H / 1876 A.D. .
- The Wahhabis reattacked the city of Karbala in year 1923 A.D..
- In year 1920 A.D the Iraqian revolution named (Thawratul Ishreen Al-Azimah) - mean the Great Twentieth Revolution - started from Karbala, which became a footstep for the revolutionaries, ahead of them is the late Shaikh Mohammed Taqi Al-Hairi As-Shirazi, when he gave a fatwa (legal opinion ) that, it is prohibited to elect non-Muslim to rule Iraq.
- In 29th June of 1920 A.D. Shaikh Mohammed Ridha, son of Al-Imam Ash-Shirazi with nine other Shaikhs and great figures of the Warriors of faith (Mujahideen) were arrested and sent on a journey to a place called Hinkam.