Ibrahim b. Malik al-Ashtar: Difference between revisions

After suppressing the revolt, Ibrahim left Kufa to fight with [[Ibn Ziyad]] on 6th, 8th or 21st of Dhu l-Hijja, 66/July 686 with eight to twenty thousand men most of whom were Iranian freed slaves known as al-Hamra'. On [[Muharram 10]]th, 61/[[August 6]]th, 686, a battle took place between the two armies at the bank of al-Khazir river near Zab, five Farsakhs away from Mosul. According to [[al-Baladhuri]], the left wing of Ibrahim's army was defeated at the beginning of the battle and maybe due to that, the news of Ibrahim's death was spread so that al-Mukhtar would leave Kufa, but the soldiers of Ibrahim pushed back the army of 'Ubayd Allah and heavily defeated them. In that battle, Ibrahim killed 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, [[Husayn b. Numayr]] and Shurahbil b. Dhi l-Kila' who were among the murderers of Imam al-Husayn (a), by his own hands, and it is said that he burned their bodies.