Bajdal b. Sulaym al-Kalbi
Bajdal b. Sulaym al-Kalbī (Arabic: بَجدَل بن سُلَيم الكلبي) was a member of 'Umar b. Sa'd's army during the Battle of Karbala, who cut Imam al-Husayn's (a) finger to steal his ring. He was captured in the Uprising of Mukhtar, and by order of Mukhtar, first, his fingers and then his feet were cut and writhed in his blood until he died. This is mentioned in contemporary sources, but there is no mention of his presence in the Battle of Karbala in earlier historical references.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, al-Luhūf, p. 130; Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Dhawb al-nuḍār, p. 123; Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Muthīr al-aḥzān, p. 76.
References
- Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Dhawb al-nuḍār fī sharḥ al-thār. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1416 AH.
- Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Muthīr al-aḥzān. Qom: Madrisat al-Imām al-Mahdī, 1406 AH.
- Ibn Ṭāwūs, ʿAlī b. Mūsā. Al-Luhūf ʿalā qatlay al-ṭufūf. Tehran: Nashr-i Āfāq, 1381 Sh.