Ibrahim sends the head of Ubaydallah Ziyad to Mukhtar in Kufa...

Ibrahim sends the head of Ubaydallah Ziyad to Mukhtar in Kufa; Mukhtar treats the head of Ubaydallah Ziyad in the same way as Ubaydallah Ziyad did for Imam Husein's (as) head; he mounts it on a javelin and parades it through the town, and then for three days mounts it on the same door in the courtyard for the public to see; eye witnesses report that for the three days, they saw a snake slithering from Ubaydallah Ziyad's mouth through to the noise, nipping flesh as it went along.

Mukhtar sends the head to Mohamed Hanafiya in Mecca; at the time Imam Zainul Abideen (as) was also in Mecca and Mohamed Hanafiya sends the head to Imam Zainul Abideen (as); it was 9 Rabil Awwal 67 AH. Previous…