Banu Hashim: Difference between revisions

With the beginning of the caliphate of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] ([[35]]/655-[[40]]/660) Banu Hashim were with him in all of the events. Although Banu Hashim were mainly based in [[Medina]], with the changing of the center of caliphate from Medina to [[Kufa]], some of Banu Hashim went there. Some of the governors assigned by Imam 'Ali (a) were from Banu Hashim.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balagha'', vol. 1, p. 265.</ref>

After Imam 'Ali (a), in the short caliphate of [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)|Imam al-Hasan (a)]] ([[40]]/660-[[41]]/661) despite the support of Banu Hashim, some of the noble of Banu Hashim, such as [['Ubayd Allah b. 'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]], the commander of the Army of Imam al-Hasan, joined the army of [[Mu'awiya]], which made Imam al-Hasan to sign the [[Peace Treaty of Imam al-Hasan (a)|peace with Mu'awiya]].<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 141; Abu l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 42.</ref>