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al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī: Quick Facts

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Born January 626 • Medina • Saudi Arabia
Died October 10, 680 (aged 54) • Karbala • Iraq
Notable Family Members father ʿAlī • mother Fāṭimah • brother Ḥasan
Role In Battle of Karbala
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Yazīd I
Umayyad caliph
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Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq
Shiʿi imam
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Ḥasan
grandson of Muḥammad
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Fāṭimah
daughter of Muḥammad
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al-Aḥsāʾī
Muslim religious leader
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al-Ḥillī
Muslim theologian
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al-Mukhtār ibn Abī ʿUbayd al-Thaqafī
Muslim leader
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
ʿAlī
Muslim caliph
Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher
Ibn Khaldūn
Ibn Khaldūn
Muslim historian
Engraving of Ibn Battuta in Egypt, standing on a decorated stone block with another man, overlooking ancient Egyptian columns and palm trees in the background.
Ibn Battuta
Muslim explorer and writer
Ebrahim Raisi
Ebrahim Raisi
president of Iran
Moqtada al-Sadr, wearing a black turban and robe, stands between two men in traditional clerical attire in Najaf, Iraq, 2012.
Muqtada al-Sadr
Iraqi Shiʿi leader and cleric
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Muʿāwiyah I
Umayyad caliph
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al-Maʾmūn
ʿAbbāsid caliph
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Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
Muslim scholar
ʿAbd al-Malik: Dome of the Rock
ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
Mojtaba Khamenei
Mojtaba Khamenei
rahbar of Iran

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