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One of his descendants was Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Alawi, who reached fame as a poet and scholar during the reigns of the Abbasid caliphs, al-Rashid (r. 786–809) and al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833). The Zanj rebellion was ignited in Iraq and Bahrain in the ninth century by Ali ibn Muhammad Sahib al-Zanj, who claimed descent from Abbas. [1]
[33] [24] Ibn Muljim was caught at the scene by the Hashimite al-Mughira ibn Nawfal ibn al-Harith, [34] or by Qutham ibn al-Abbas. [24] Ali died about two days later of his wounds at the age of sixty-two or sixty-three. [28] His death is annually commemorated by Shia Muslims on 21 Ramadan. [35] [36]
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Many of the holy Shia shrines immediately became the main headquarters of the insurgents, the two main headquarters being the Shrines of Husayn ibn Ali and Al-Abbas ibn Ali. Some of the local Baathist officials and some of the top security agents, including the chief of police and the deputy governor, were killed in brutal ways because they did ...
Tatbir (Arabic: تطبير, romanized: Taṭbīr) is a form of self-flagellation rituals practiced by some Shia Muslims in commemoration of the killing of Husayn ibn Ali and his partisans in the Battle of Karbala by forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683). The ritual is practiced in the Islamic month of Muharram, usually on ...
This included two of Husayn's sons, six of his paternal brothers, three sons of Hasan ibn Ali, three sons of Jafar ibn Abi Talib, and three sons and three grandsons of Aqil ibn Abi Talib. [3] Following the battle, Husayn's clothes were stripped, and his sword, shoes and baggage were taken. The women's jewelry and cloaks were also seized.
Uthman ibn Ali, half-brother of Husayn ibn Ali, son of Umm al-Banin. Abbas ibn Ali, half-brother of Husayn ibn Ali, son of Umm al-Banin, the flag-bearer of Husayn's army. Abu Bakr ibn Ali, half-brother of Husayn ibn Ali, son of Layla bint Mas'ud. Muhammad al-Asghar ibn Ali, half-brother of Husayn ibn Ali, son of Layla bint Mas'ud.
Initially, they were expressed by a succession of failed risings—most notably the Battle of Karbala in 680 and the uprising of Zayd ibn Ali in 740—in support of various Alid claimants, i.e. the descendants of Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad and fourth Caliph (r. 656–661), whose death had marked the rise of the Umayyad family to ...