It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam.

[JesusHChrist]

Are you saying the Battle of Karbala was a myth?

I'm finding scant evidence supporting the details around this battle. The earliest documentation was written by a person who died almost 100 years after the event.

Battle of Karbala = 680AD.
Abu Miknahf = died 774AD, so probably born around 700AD at best. If he started his writing career at 20, that would put the collecting of eye witness testimony at around 720AD. It's certainly possible eye witnesses existed as late as 720AD, but they would be getting on in age.

But, the problems mount when you find out "Abi Mikhnaf's original seems to have been lost and that which has reached today has been transmitted through his student Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi (died in 204 AH)" - another 50 years later.

The battle could have happened. Maybe Mo's progeny were involved; maybe they didn't exist. Stories get told and embellished by old men sitting around a fire.

The point being, no one wrote anything down until 40+ years after the event, at best. Hardly compelling and ripe for myth-making.