| Name |
Full / Kunya |
| Ḥusayn ibn Alí |
Abu Abdillah |
|
Title
Arabic |
Turkish |
| Sayyid ash-Shuhada
(Master of the Martyrs) |
Üçúncú Alí |
|
| Birth Date |
Birth Place |
Age when assumed Imámate |
Age at death |
Length of Imámate |
4 A.H.
A.D. 626 |
Medina |
46 |
57 |
11 |
|
| Death Date |
Reason and Place of Death |
Burial Place |
61 A.H.
A.D. 680 |
Killed and beheaded at the Battle of Karbala. |
Buried at the Imám Ḥusayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq. |
|
Importance
He was a grandson of Muḥammad and brother of Ḥasan ibn Alí. Ḥusayn opposed the validity of Caliph Yazid I. As a result, he and his family were later killed in the Battle of Karbala by Yazid's forces. After this incident, the commemoration of Ḥusayn ibn Alí has become a central ritual in Shia identity. |
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