Umara b. Salkhab
| Full Name | 'Umara b. Salkhab al-Azdi |
|---|---|
| Companion of | Imam al-Husayn (a) |
| Lineage | Azd tribe |
| Place(s) of Residence | Kufa |
| Death/Martyrdom | 60 or 61/680 |
ʿUmāra b. Ṣalkhab al-Azdī (Arabic: عمارة بن صَلْخَب الأزدی, martyred in 60 or 61/680) was a Shi'a in Kufa who was martyred by 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad because of his support for Muslim b. 'Aqil.
Support for Muslim b. 'Aqil
According to Tarikh al-Tabari, when Muslim b. 'Aqil went to Kufa, 'Umara b. Salkhab went there to support him. He put on his armed clothes and was going to Muslim when he was arrested by Muhammad b. Ash'ath,[1] the commander of 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad's army against Muslim, and was taken to 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad. 'Ubayd Allah ordered that he be imprisoned.[2]
According to some sources, when people in Muslim's army were scattered away, some revolutionaries were arrested at the command of Ibn Ziyad, including 'Umara b. Salkhab along with such well-known figures as 'Abd Allah b. Nufal b. Harith, al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, Asbagh b. Nubata, and Harith b. A'war al-Hamdani.[3]
Martyrdom
After killing Muslim b. 'Aqil, Ibn Ziyad ordered that 'Umara b. Salkhab be decapitated in front of people from his tribe, Azd, because of his support for Muslim b. 'Aqil.[4] After that, 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad sent 'Umara's head, together with the heads of Muslim b. 'Aqil and Hani b. 'Urwa, to Yazid b. Mu'awiya in Damascus.[5]
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References
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- Balādhurī, Aḥmad b.Yaḥyā al-. Ansāb al-ashrāf. Edied by Suhayl Zakkar and Rīyāḍ Ziriklī. Beirut: Dār al-fikr, 1417 AH, 1996.
- Muḥaddithī, Javād. Mawsūʿa Āshūrā. Beirut: Nashr-i Dār al-Rasūl al-Akram (s). [n.p], 1418 AH.
- Qarashī, Bāqir Sharīf al-. Ḥayāt al-Imām al-Ḥusayn. 4th edition. Qom: Nashr-i Madrisa Irawānī, 1413 AH.
- Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-. Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī. Edited by Muḥammad Abu l-faḍl Ibrāhīm. Beirut: Dar al-Turāth, 1387 AH.