Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi
| One of Horse-riders over Imam al-Husayn's (a) Body | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | 'Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi (al-Sada'i) |
| Lineage | Madhhij tribe |
| Death | 66/685-6 |
| Cause of Death | was hit with spears at the command of al-Mukhtar until he died |
| Era | Umayyad |
| Known for | an archer in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of 'Ashura • murderer of 'Abd Allah b. Muslim b. 'Aqil |
ʿAmr b. Ṣubayḥ al-Ṣaydāwī (al-Ṣadāʾī) (Arabic: (عَمرو بن صُبَیح الصیداوی (الصدائی), killed in (66/685-6) was an archer in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of 'Ashura. He contributed to the martyrdom of 'Abd Allah b. Muslim b. 'Aqil. He ran over Imam al-Husayn's (a) body in the afternoon of 'Ashura at the command of 'Umar b. Sa'd.
Name
'Amr was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala. He is variously mentioned in sources as 'Amr b. Subayh al-Madhhiji,[1] 'Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi,[2] and 'Amr b. Subayh al-Sada'i.[3]
Battle of 'Ashura
According to sources, on the Day of 'Ashura, he threw an arrow with which he pinned 'Abd Allah b. Muslim b. 'Aqil's hand to his forehead.[4] There is a disagreement about whether it was 'Amr who martyred 'Abd Allah or someone else. 'Amr was one of the ten cavalries who ran over the corpse of Imam al-Husayn (a) in the afternoon of 'Ashura at the command of 'Umar b. Sa'd and broke the Imam's (a) back.[5]
He is cursed in Ziyarah al-Shuhada' as the murderer of 'Abd Allah b. Muslim b. 'Aqil.[6]
Death
In the Uprising of al-Mukhtar in 66/685, 'Amr was arrested overnight while he was asleep on the roof of his house, his sword being under his head. He was taken to al-Mukhtar. 'Amr hit his hand to 'Abd Allah b. Kamil's eye who was standing beside him. He was hit with spears at the command of al-Mukhtar until he died.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 111.
- ↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 65; Balādhurī, Jumal min ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 200; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 92.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 447, 469; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 74.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 447; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 74.
- ↑ Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 111; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 59.
- ↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 65; vol. 98, p. 269.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 6, p. 65; Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Dhub al-naḍār, p. 122.
References
- Balādhurī, Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-. Jumal min ansāb al-ashrāf. Edited by Suhayl Zakār & Riyāḍ al-Ziriklī. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1417 AH.
- Ibn Shahrāshūb, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib. Qom: ʿAllāma, 1379 AH.
- Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī, ʿAlī b. Abī l-Karam. Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1385 AH-1965.
- Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Dhub al-naḍār fī sharḥ al-thār. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1416 AH.
- Ibn Kathīr al-Dimashqī, Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar. Al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1407 AH-1986.
- Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-. Al-Irshād fī maʿrifat ḥujaj Allāh ʿalā l-ʿibād. Qom: Kungira-yi Jahānī Shaykh al-Mufīd, 1413 AH.
- 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.