In the volley of arrows showered by Ibn Sa’d’s army on Imam Husayn’s camp...

In the volley of arrows showered by Ibn Sa’d’s army on Imam Husayn’s camp, the following persons were martyred and their horses also were killed even before fighting in the battle:[^1] Na’eem bin Ajlan al-Ansari Umar bin Ka’b al-Ansari Handhala bin Umar ash-Shaibani Qasit bin Zuhair Karsh bin Zuhair Kinana bin Ateeq Umar ad-Dhabbi Dhirghama bin Malik Saif bin Malik an-Nimyari Abdurrahman bin Abdullah Majma’ bin Abdullah al-Aa’ithi Hannan bin Harith as-Salmani Amr al-Jundi Hallas bin Amr ar-Rasibi An-No’man bin Amr Rasibi Siwar bin Abi Humair al-Fahmi Zahir bin Amr; bondsman of ibn al-Hamq al- Khuza’iy Jabala bin Ali ash-Shaibani Ammar bin abi Salama Mas’ood bin al-Hajjaj Hajjaj Zohair bin Basheer Ammar bin Hassaan Abdullah bin Umair Aslam bin Katheer al-Azdi Zohair bin Muslim al-Azdi Abdullah bin Yazid al-Qeisi Abdullah bin Urwa al-Ghifari The names of the valiant nobles who fought and were martyred at Karbala are as the following, though not in order of precedence in their martyrdom: Al-Hurr ibn Yazid al-Riyahi Al-Hurr’s son Al-Hurr’s brother Mus’ab Al-Hurr’s slave Urwa Abdullah bin Umar Burair al-Hamadani Wahab al-Kalbi The wife of Wahab The mother of Wahab Umar bin Khalid al-Azdi Khalid bin Umar Sa’d bin Handhala at-Tameemi Umair bin Abdullah al-Muthhaji Muslim ibn Awsaja The son of Muslim ibn Awsaja Hilal bin Nafi’ al-Bajali The son of Hilal bin Nafi’ Habib ibn Mudhahir Sa’eed bin Abdullah[^2] Zohair ibn al-Qain Abu Thumama as-Saidawi al-Hajjaj bin Masrooq Mubarak Yahya bin Katheer Yahya bin Muslim Handhala bin Sa’d Abdurrahman bin Abdullah Umar bin al-Kkattab al-Ansari John; Abu Dharr’s slave Umair bin Khalid as-Saidawi Sa’eed bin Umar Qurra bin Qurra al-Ansari Malik bin Anas al-Maliki Umar al-Ju’fi Aabis bin Shabeeb Showthab bin Aabis Abdullah al-Ghifari Abdurrahman al-Ghifari A Turkish bondsman of Imam Zainul Aabidin (a.s.) Yazid bin Ziyad Yazid bin Mohajir Saif bin Abil Harith Mu’allah bin Mu’allah Thur-Rimma bin Adi Muhammad bin Mu’allah Jabir bin Urwa al-Ghifari Abdurrahman bin Kadri Abdurrahman’s brother Malik bin Ows Anees bin Minhal Abul Sh’atha’ al-Kindi Umar bin Khalid as-Saydawi Khalid bin Amr Sa’d the retainer of Umar bin Khalid Jabir bin al-Harith as-Sulaymani Majma’ bin Abdullah al-Aa’ithi Suwayd bin Amr bin Abi Mutaa’ Sa’d bin Handhala at-Tamimi Umair bin Abdullah al-Mathhaji Abdurrahman al-Yaznee Yahya bin Salim al-Muzani Malik bin Anas al-Kahili Anees bin Ma’qal al-Asbahi Abul Sh’atha’ al-Kindi Junadah bin Harith al-Ansari Amr bin Junadah Malik bin Dawdan Ibrahim bin Hussayn al-Azdi Amr bin Qaradhah Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Hashimi Sheik as-Saduq gives the following as the martyrs from the tribe of the Banu Hashim:[^3] Al-Abbas bin Ali bin Abi Talib whose mother was Ummul Banin Abdullah bin Ali bin Abi Talib whose mother was Ummul Banin Ja’far bin Ali ibn Abi Talib whose mother was Ummul Banin Uthman bin Ali bin Abi Talib whose mother was Ummul Banin Abdullah bin Ali bin Abi Talib whose mother was Layla bint Mas’ud Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Abi Talib whose mother was Layla bint Mas’ud Muhammad bin Ja’far Own bin Ja’far Ja’far bin Ali bin Abi Talib Abdurrahman bin Ali bin Abi Talib Abdullah bin Ail bin Abu Talib Muhammad bin Ail bin Abu Talib Al-Qasim bin al-Hasan (a.s.) Abu Bakr bin al-Hasan (a.s.) Abdullah bin al Hasan (a.s.) Ali ibn al-Husayn (Ali al-Akbar) Abdullah ibn al-Husayn (the infant Ali al-Asghar) Imam Husayn (a.s.) The popular belief is that the total number of martyrs is twenty-seven.