ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī (), also known as ʿUmar al-Aṭraf, was reportedly one of the children of

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who accompanied his brother,

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, to

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and was killed on the day of

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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

and attacked the enemy. He attacked Zahr, the killer of his brother and killed him. The Sunni jurist Akhtab Khwarazm reported his martyrdom after the martyrdom of his brother Abu Bakr. It is said that first, his horse fell down and then they martyred him.{{Cite book, last=al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad Akhtabb Khwarizm, url=http://lib.eshia.ir/10509/2/0, title=Maqtal al-Husayn, publisher=Anwar al-Huda, year=1997, volume=2, pages=28–29

References

People killed at the Battle of Karbala Husayn ibn Ali Hussainiya 680 deaths Children of Rashidun caliphs Children of Ali Family of Muhammad