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Irshad, p. 203; al-Baladhuri, Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 3, P. 157;
Ibn Shahrashub, Manaqib Al - Abi Talib, vol. 4, p. 89; Muhsin
al-Amin, A‘yan al-Shi‘a, vol. 1, p. 589; S.M.H. Jafri, the Origins
and Early development of Shi‘a Islam, p. 178; M. Rizvi, al-Imam
al-Husayn the Savior of Islam, p. 84.
6- Al-Tabari, Tarikh, vol. 5, pp. 352 -353; al-Dinawari, al-
Akhbar al-Tiwal, p. 243; al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 10, P.
334.
7- Ibid. Tarikh, vol. 5, p.353; al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 44,

pp. 334- 335; L. Veccia Vaclieri, article, al-Husayn b. Ali b. Abi
Talib EI, p. 608.
8- Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 44, p. 329; Ibn Sharashub,
Manaqib Al - Abi Talib, vol. 4, p. 97.
9- Karbala is situated in Iraq 50 miles from Baghdad along
the Euphrates; when Imam Hussein (as) arrived there he found
it a desert it was owned by some people of Banu Sa‘d’s tribe

who lived in their tent dwellings a few miles away. Imam
Hussein (as) purchased from them the whole area which is
known “Karbala.”
10- Abu Makhnaf, Waq‘at al-Taf, p. 199; al-Tabari, Tarikh,
vol. 5, p. 404; Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih, al-I‘qd al-Farid, vol. 4, p. 380;
al-Harrani, Tuhafu’l ‘Uqul, p. 176; al-Dhabi, Muhammad b.
Ahmad, Siyar A‘lamu’l Nubala, vol. 3, p. 310; al-Majlisi Bihar al-
Anwar, vol. 44, p. 381; Ahmad ‘Abbas Saleh, article, al-Husain
b.Ali, Shi‘ite Encyclopaedia, vol. 2, p. 29.

11- Ibn Shahrashub; Manaqib Al - Abi Talib, vol. 4, p. 100.

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