Amr ibn Jurmuz ( ar, عمرو بن جرموز) was a soldier of caliph

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, who assassinated

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shortly after the

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, after Zubayr withdrew from the army before the battle began due to a hadith that Caliph

Ali ibn Abi Talib 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. ...

had reminded him with regards to what

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had said to Zubayr: “You will rise up in a battle against Ali ibn Abi Talib”.

Assassination of Zubayr

When the head of

was presented to Ali ibn Abi Talib by Amr ibn Jarmuz,

Caliph Ali 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. ...

could not help but to sob and condemn the murder of his cousin crying out, "Prepare to descend to your abode in hell you bedouin. The prophet told me the person who kills az-Zubayr will reside in hell." This reaction caused Amr ibn Jarmuz resentment and, drawing his sword, stabbed it into his own chest.

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