Take vengeance on these oppressors on our behalf.

Take vengeance on these oppressors on our behalf.”[^15],[^16] The Martyrdom of the Two Sons of ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far The people encircled them from all sides.

‘Abdullah bin Qutbah al-Nabahani al-Ta’i attacked ‘Aun bin ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Abi Talib and killed him.[^17] Then ‘Amir bin Nahshal al-Taimi attacked Muhammad bin ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Abi Talib and killed him.[^18] The Martyrdom of the Members from the Household of ‘Aqil ‘Uthman bin Khalid bin Asir al-Juhani and Bishr bin Haut al-Qabidhi al-Hamdani launched an attack on ‘Abd al-Rahman, son of ‘Aqil bin Abi Talib, and killed him.[^19] [Thereafter,] they plundered [his belongings].

‘Abdullah bin ‘Azarah al-Khath’ami[^20] shot [an arrow] at Ja’far, [another] son of ‘Aqil bin Abi Talib and killed him. Then ‘Amru bin Subaih al-Sudda’i[^21] shot an arrow at ‘Abdullah, son of Muslim bin ‘Aqil[^22], which stitched his hand to his forehead, such that he could no longer move his hand.

[‘Amru] then shot another arrow at him which tore his heart.[^23] Labit bin Yasir al-Juhani killed Muhammad, son of Abi Sa’id bin ‘Aqil.[^24] The Martyrdom of other Two Sons of al-Hasan bin ‘Ali (as) ‘Abdullah bin Uqbah al-Ghanawi[^25] shot an arrow at Abu Bakr, son of al-Hasan [^26] bin ‘Ali and killed him.[^27] ‘Abdullah, [another] son of al-Hasan bin Abi Talib, was [also] killed; [that is when] Harmalah bin Kahil[^28] shot an arrow at him and killed him.[^29] [^1]: Al-Tabari: In his narration on the authority of Sulaiman bin Abi Rashid from Humaid bin Ziyad, Abu Mikhnaf describes Imam al-Sajjad (as) as ‘Ali bin al-Husayn al-Asghar [i.e.

the younger ‘Ali] (5:454). He names the other child of the Imam (as) who was killed in his lap as ‘Abdullah bin al-Husayn, through the same chain of narration (5:448). In his book Dhayl al-Mudhayyal (pg.630; Dar al-Ma’arif publications), Tabari says: “As for ‘Ali bin al-Husayn al-Akbar [the older], he was killed along with his father by the river [Euphrates] in Karbala’. He did not have any offspring. ‘Ali bin al-Husayn al-Asghar was present at Karbala with his father and he was 23 years of age.

He was ill, confined to the bed. ‘Ali [al-Asghar] says: ‘When I was taken before Ibn Ziyad, he asked me: ‘What is your name?’ I replied: ‘‘Ali bin al-Husayn’.