Shiite Muslim worshippers light candles outside Maqam Imam Zaman during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. (Hadi Mizban)
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather outside Maqam Imam Zaman, seen in the background, during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. (Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi policemen search Shiite Muslim worshippers near the Maqam Imam Zaman during the preparations for the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 23, 2013. (Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiite
Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the
annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala,
50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. 
Shiite
Muslim worshippers gather at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the
annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth
of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala,
50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. 
Shiite
Muslim worshippers gather outside Imam Hussein shrine, seen in the
background, during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the
anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the
Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad,
Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013.
Shiite
Muslim worshippers gather at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the
annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth
of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala,
50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013.
Shiite
Muslim worshippers gather outside Maqam Imam Zaman, seen
in the background, during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks
the anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known
as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of
Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013.
Shiite
Muslim worshippers gather at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the
annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth
of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala,
50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. 
Shiite
Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during the
preparations for the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the
anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the
Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad,
Iraq, Sunday, June 23, 2013.
Shiite
Muslim worshippers gather outside Imam Hussein shrine (Talle Zeynabiyeh, a place which Hazrat Zainab saw the martyrs), seen in the
background, during the preparations for the annual festival of
Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the
ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50
miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 23, 2013.
Related News: More Than 3 Million Pilgrims Celebrate Imam Mahdi Birth Anniversary at Karbala/129
25 June 2013 - 19:30
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The local government in Karbala city revealed on Tuesday, that the number of visitors that came to the province on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of Imam Mahdi on August 15 reached more than 3 million visitors, including 55000 visitors from Arab and foreign countries.
