'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Khushkara al-Bajali

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'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Khushkara al-Bajali
Murderer of Muslim b. 'Awsaja
Death/Martyrdom66/685-6
Cause of
Death/Martyrdom
was killed at the command of al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
Notable rolesHe was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala.
ActivitiesHe contributed to the martyrdom of Muslim b. 'Awsaja


ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (ʿAbd Allāh) b. Abī Khushkāra al-Bajalī (Arabic: عبدالرحمان (عبدالله) بن ابی‌خُشکاره البَجَلی) was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala. He contributed to the martyrdom of Muslim b. 'Awsaja and was killed at the command of al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi in 66/685-6.

Battle of Karbala

'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Khushkara was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala. He martyred Muslim b. 'Awsaja[1] with the help of Muslim b. 'Abd Allah al-Dababi. He is cursed in Ziyarah al-Shuhada' as a murderer.[2]

On the Day of Ashura, Ibn Abi Khushkara, Ziyad b. Malik al-Dab'i, 'Imran b. Khalid al-'Athri, and 'Abd Allah b. Qays al-Khawlani stole mignonettes (a yellow fragrant seed like sesames used to color clothes and hair as well as for therapy) owned by Imam al-Husayn (a).[3]

His name in the Sources

He is variously mentioned in sources as 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Khushkara,[4] 'Abd Allah b. Khushkara,[5] and 'Abd al-Rahman b. Khushkara.[6] Also in some sources, his name is spelled as Khashkara.

Death

Al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi hunted down the murderers of Imam al-Husayn (a) in late 66/686. Sa'r al-Hanafi reported to al-Mukhtar, and he commissioned 'Abd Allah b. Kamil to find him. Ibn Kamil arrested 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Khushkara, Ziyad b. Malik al-Dab'i, 'Imran b. Khalid al-'Athri, and 'Abd Allah b. Qays al-Khawlani, and took them to al-Mukhtar. They were taken to bazaar and decapitated at the command of al-Mukhtar.[7]

Notes

  1. Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 436; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 68; Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 193.
  2. Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 69; vol. 98, p. 272; Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, p. 575.
  3. Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 6, p. 58; Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, Tajārub al-umam, vol. 2, p. 179; Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 409.
  4. Ibn Khaldūn, Dīwan al-mubtadaʾ wa l-khabar, vol. 3, p. 33-34.
  5. Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 69; vol. 98, p. 272; Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, p. 575.
  6. Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 193.
  7. Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 6, p. 58; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 240; Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, Tajārub al-umam, vol. 2, p. 179; Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 409; Ibn Khaldūn, Dīwan al-mubtadaʾ wa l-khabar, vol. 3, p. 33-34.

References

  • Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad. Tajārub al-umam. Edited by Abu l-Qāsim Imāmī. Tehran: Surūsh, 1366 Sh.
  • Balādhurī, Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-. Ansāb al-ashrāf. Edited by Muḥammad Bāqir Maḥmūdī. Beirut: Dār al-Taʿāruf, 1397 AH-1977.
  • Balādhurī, Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-. Jumal min ansāb al-ashrāf. Edited by Suhayl Zakār & Riyāḍ al-Ziriklī. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1417 AH.
  • Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī, ʿAlī b. Abī l-Karam. Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1385 AH-1965.
  • Ibn Khaldūn, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad. Dīwan al-mubtadaʾ wa l-khabar fi tārīkh al-ʿarab wa al-barbar wa man ʿāṣarahum min dhawī al-shaʾn al-ʾakbar. Edited by Khalīl al-Shaḥāda. Second edition. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1408 AH.
  • Ibn Ṭāwūs, ʿAlī b. Mūsā. Iqbāl al-aʿmāl. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1367 Sh.
  • Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Wafāʾ, 1404 AH.
  • Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-.Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk. Edited by Muḥammad Abu l-faḍl Ibrāhīm. Beirut: Dar al-Turāth, 1387 AH.