Social life in Karbalaa city during the  last Ottoman  age (1869-1914)

Lec.  Intisar A. Mohsin Al-Saadi, Asst.

	Social life in Karbalaa city during the last Ottoman age (1869-1914)
AL-SSBET JORNAL
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 149-190
Author
Asst. Lec. Intisar A. Mohsin Al-Saadi
Abstract
Abstract The social situation in Karbala is different from the rest of the cities of Iraq because Karbala has a religious spiritual status in the Muslim world, especially for the Shia. This factor is a attraction for many Muslims to live and seek for stability next to Imam Al-Abbas and Imam Al-Hussein’s holy shrines (peace be upon them). The community of Karbala is distinguished by the diversity of social classes of scholars, religion scholars, merchants, jurists, specialists in the field of literature and science, as well as workers, craftsmen and farmers who were representing the largest proportion in the society. However, there was harmony among these various classes in Karbala community, especially among religion scholars and their students. It is evident from the above that the social life in Karbala relied mainly on the holy sites of the Imams. Visitors flocked in festivals during the religious events representing a major factor in the city’s economical prosperity through the ages as a positive impact on the living conditions of its society, and vice versa; without the presence of the holy shrines it cannot have such distinctive significance.

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