Karbalaei (surname)

al-Karbalaei (الكربلائي; ) is an Arabic surname that it is used to indicate the person originates from Karbala, Iraq. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Basim al-Karbalaei (born 1966), Shia eulogy reciter


 * Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai, the official representative of Grand Ayatollah Sayed Ali Al-Sistani in Iraq.


 * Mehdi Karbalaei (born 1993), Iranian football defender