List Of Casualties At The Battle Of Karbala
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List Of Casualties At The Battle Of Karbala
This article contains the list of casualties of Husayn ibn Ali's relatives and companions in the Battle of Karbala. The battle took place on Friday Muharram 10, in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680 CE) in Karbala, situated in present-day Iraq. The battle was between Yazid's army from Syria reinforced by troops from Kufa, and the caravan of families and companions of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. It is claimed that 72 males (including Husayn's 6 months old son) of Husayn's companions were killed by the forces of Yazid I. Army of Husayn ibn Ali The following is a list of casualties of Husayn ibn Ali's companions in Battle of Karbala. Members of Banu Hashim These people were descendants of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and members of Banu Hashim who died in the Battle of Karbala. Descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib = Sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib = The following were sons of Ali: # Husayn ibn Ali, son of Fatima. # Ja'far ibn ...
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Husayn Ibn Ali
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatima, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali. He is claimed to be the third Imam of Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. Being a grandson of the prophet, he is a member of the Ahl al-Bayt. He is also considered to be a member of the Ahl al-Kisa, and a participant in the event of Mubahala. Muhammad described him and his brother, Hasan, as "the leaders of the youth of Paradise." During the caliphate of Ali, Husayn accompanied him in wars. After the assassination of Ali, he obeyed his brother in recognizing Hasan–Muawiya treaty, in spite of being suggested to do otherwise. In the nine-year period between Hasan's abdication in AH 41 (660 CE) and his ...
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Abdullah Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Talib
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب) was one of Ali's sons who was killed in Karbala in 680, and is considered among the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala. Abdullah is also among the four sons of Umm al-Banin, the daughter of Hazam. Battle of Karbala Historians have written about Abdullah ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib that on the day of Ashura, when the companions of Husayn ibn Ali and many of his family were killed, Abbas ibn Ali called out his brothers in age order and told them to attack on the battlefield. Abdullah ibn Ali was the first one who was called in order to fight Umar ibn Sa'd's army. Abbas said to him: "O my brother, you first go to the battle field, because you don't have children (to be sad of the kid(s)). I want to see you to be killed in the way of Allah, and to be patient in your martyrdom." So Abdullah went to the battlefield and recited epic verse(s). Then he embarked on ...
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Ali Al-Akbar Ibn Husayn
Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱلْأَكْبَر بن ٱلْحُسَيْن, '), commonly known as simply Ali al-Akbar, was the son of Al-Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imam, and Umm Layla. He was martyred at the age of 18 on the day of Ashura, in the Battle of Karbala. According to Jean Calmard writing in Iranica, ‘Ali al-Akbar's reputation as a valiant warrior of the Household of Muhammad might have preceded that of Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Ali. Biography Ali al-Akbar was born in Medina on 11 Sha'ban 33 AH (10 March 654 CE). His father was Husayn ibn Ali and his mother was Layla bt. Abi Murra. He was 18 years old at the battle of Karbala. Two of his brothers were also named Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn and Ali Zayn al-Abidin. Genealogists and historians considered him the eldest son of Hussein due to the name Akbar. Akbar is an Arabic word that means "greater" or "greatest". The teenager resembled his maternal grandfather Muhammad, the prophet of Allah, so much that ...
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Bishr Ibn Hasan
Bishr ibn al-Ḥasan ( ar, بشر بن الحسن) was a great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of second Shia Imam Hasan ibn Ali. He is considered to be one of the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala, although no record describes the circumstances surrounding his death by enemy forces. The first instance of Bishr ibn Hasan to be listed among the martyrs of Karbala was by Shia scholar Ibn Shahrashub. Of Hasan ibn Ali's twenty sons, seven participated in the battle, among them Bishr ibn Hasan. All but one brother was killed during the battle. In his account of their deaths, Shahrashub writes on Bishr: "... and it has been said that Bishr has been martyred, too." Among Bishr ibn Hasan's brothers who were present at the event of Ashura were Amr (who was killed in the event at Karbala when he was a child), Hasan (better known as 'Hasan al-Muthanna'), Qasim (who was also considered to be one of the martyrs of Karbala), Abd Allah (Abd Allah al-Asghar).
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Abd Allah Ibn Hasan Ibn Ali
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: عبد الله بن حسن بن علي) was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He went to Karbala with his uncle Husayn ibn Ali, and was Martyred at the Battle of Karbala. Also, his name has been mentioned in Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa.Abd Allah ibn Hasan (ibn Abi Talib)
2noor.com retrieved 6 May 2018 According to Shia Islam, Shia Muslims, Abd Allah ibn Hasan was only 11 years old when he got martyred in the Battle of Karbala. During the last moments of Husayn ibn Ali's life, Bahr ibn Ka’ab was about to strike him when Abd Allah came running out of the tents. He stood in his way and shouted "O, son of the corrupt woman! Are you going to strike my uncle?". The brave boy shielded Husayn from the stroke of the sword, whereby his hand got cut and began to dangle. Abd Allah cried "O, uncle". Husa ...
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Abu Bakr Ibn Hasan Ibn Ali
Abū Bakr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ( ar, أبو بكر بن الحسن بن علي) was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He went to Karbala with his uncle Husayn ibn Ali, and was killed in the Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura. Lineage Abu Bakr was a son of Hasan ibn Ali and his mother was a bondswoman. Some believe that he and his brother Qasim Qasim, Qasem or Casim may refer to: * Qasim (name), a given name of Arabic origin and the name of several people * Port Qasim, port in Karachi, Pakistan * ''Kasım'' and ''Casim'', respectively the Ottoman Turkish and Romanian names for General To ... were from one mother who is mentioned as Ramla. On the day of Ashura Abul Faraj considers his martyrdom to have occurred before that of Qasim. He quotes from Madaeni, who through his chain of transmitters quotes from Abu Mikhnaf, from Sulayman bin Rashid that Abu Bakr was martyred by an arrow shot by Abd Allah ibn Uqba al-Ghanawi. But Tabari, Ibn Aseer, Shaikh Mufid and others relate hi ...
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Al-Qasim Ibn Hasan Ibn Ali
Al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥasan ( ar, القاسم بن الحسن) (Sha'ban 7, 47 AH / October 4, 667 CE in Medina – Muharram 10, 61 AH / October 10, 680 CE in Karbala) was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He supported his uncle Husayn ibn Ali in fighting off the Umayyad forces during the Battle of Karbala where he was killed at the age of 13. Early life Qasim was born the son of Hasan ibn Ali, the second Imam, and his wife Umm Farwa. His father was the elder son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima. Qasim was thus a great-grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was the father of Fatima. Death of Hasan ibn Ali Hasan ibn Ali, Qasim's father died on the 5th of Rabi al-Awwal 50 AH (2 April 670 CE) by Mu'awiya I due to poisoning. Qasim was only three years old when his father died. However he grew up in the company of his paternal family. Like his cousins, Awn and Muhammad, the sons of his paternal aunt Zaynab bint Ali, Qasim was taught fencing by his uncle Abbas ibn Ali and cousin Ali al-Akbar ...
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Hasan Ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali ( ar, الحسن بن علي, translit=Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; ) was a prominent early Islamic figure. He was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. He briefly ruled as Caliphate, caliph from January 661 until August 661. He is considered as the second Imamate in Shia doctrine, Imam in Shia Islam, succeeding Ali and preceding his brother Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn. As a grandson of the prophet, he is part of the and the , also is said to have participated in the event of Mubahala. During the Ali as Caliph, caliphate of Ali (), Hasan accompanied him in the military campaigns of the First Fitna, First Muslim Civil War. After Assassination of Ali, Ali's assassination in 661, Hasan was acknowledged caliph in Kufa. His sovereignty was not recognized by Syria's governor Mu'awiya I (), who led an army into Kufa while pressing Hasan for abdication in letters. In response, Hasan sent a vanguard und ...
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Al-Sahba Bint Rabi'a
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered Hasan ...
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Umar Ibn Ali
ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī (), also known as ʿUmar al-Aṭraf, was reportedly one of the children of Ali ibn Abi Talib who accompanied his brother, Husayn ibn Ali, to Karbala and was killed on the day of Ashura. Lineage Some Sunni sources have mentioned Umar as Umar al-Akbar whose tekonym was Abu al-Qasim or Abu Hafs. Some historical source reported the name of his mother as Al-Sahba (Umm Habib), daughter of Rabi'a al-Taghlibi. Some others have mentioned her name as Layla bt. Mas'ud al-Darami. The Sunni scholar al-Fakhr al-Razi mentioned that Umar was the youngest child of Imam Ali. In the Battle of Karbala It is reported that Umar made war cries on the Day of Ashura Ashura (, , ) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Among Shia Muslims, Ashura is observed through large demonstrations of high-scale mourning as it marks the ... and attacked the enemy. He attacked Zahr, the killer of his brothe ...
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Muhammad Al-Asghar Ibn Ali
{{Infobox religious biography , name = Muhammad al-Asghar ibn Ali{{lang, ar, محمد الأصغر بن علي , image = , caption = , title = , birth_date = , birth_place = , known_for = Being a companion of Husayn ibn Ali , death_date = 10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD , resting_place = Karbala, Iraq , death_cause = Killed in the Battle of Karbala , father = Ali , mother = Layla bint Mas'ud , religion = Islam Muḥammad al-Aṣghar ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: محمد الأصغر بن علي) is one of Ali's sons. There are different mentions about who his mother's name is, such as Layla bint Mas'ud, Umama bint Abi al-As, Warha' and Asma bint Umais. Although some sources have not mentioned about his attendance in (the battle of) Karbala, and are actually in doubt about that, there are many sources which consider him among the ma ...
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Layla Bint Mas'ud
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered Ha ...
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