الموقع الجغرافي لمسير حركة الامام الحسين عليه السلام من مكة الي كربلاء

After succeeding Yazid Ibn Muawiyah to the caliphate in 15th of Rajab 60 AH, he took wide actions aim to secure allegiance from Muslim Leaders especially Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (PBUH) and subjugate the Shiites that led to the migration of Imam from Medina to Mecca. The peak of his actions was to put down the Shiites movements of Iraq. In this regard, Yazid took two basic actions: First, he changed the governor of Kufa and entrusted the control of Kufa and Basra government simultaneously to the young Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad; and second, he sent a group to assassinate Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (PBUH) during the Hajj time in Hijaz region. Yazid’s attempt to send special agents of terror on one hand, and the invitation of Kufa Shiites from Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (PBUH) to restore Alawi Government on the other hand caused the departure of Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (PBUH) with his family and friends from Mecca to Kufa on Tuesday, 8th Dhu al-Hijjah 60 AH. According to the well-known historic sayings, Imam entered Karbala on Thursday, 2nd of Muharram of the year 61 AH and forcibly by Ubayd Allah’s agents ended his travel. So what is less discussed in historical sources and is the main part of this research is to take notice following two points: First: how far was the distance between Mecca to Karbala, how many were the number of halting places and how far was the distances between them? Second: how much time Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (PBUH) and his convoy need to traverse this distance? an‎d due to the distances, vehicles of that time and events happening in some halting places; Is it possible for Imam to enter into the land of Karbala in 2nd of Muharram, or not? This study with regard to historical and geographical documents and checking them with computing and geographic software tries to derive innovative tables to calculate the pass way of Imam Hussain (PBUH) accurately, the timing of entry and exit to each halting place and also time studying of total way they traveled. At the end of the study, the accuracy of statements in the sources of Islamic History with slight differences is proved.