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==Towards Damascus== | ==Towards Damascus== | ||
===Route=== | ===Route=== | ||
The exact route of the caravan from Kufa to Damascus is unknown. However, considering the sacred places related to Imam al-Husayn (a) within that area shows the probable route they took toward Damascus. These sacred places are: | The exact route of the caravan from [[Kufa]] to [[Damascus]] is unknown. However, considering the sacred places related to [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] within that area shows the probable route they took toward Damascus. These sacred places are: | ||
* [[Maqam Ra's al-Husayn]] (shrine of the head of Husayn) in [[Mosul]]: according to Harawi this Maqam was there to the 7th century. | |||
* Masjid [[Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (a)]] and Maqam Ra's al-Husayn (shrine of the head of Husayn) in Nasibayn: Currently, Nusaybin is a city in Turkey. It is said that the Imam al-Husayn's head was put there and his blood has dripped there. Harawi have registered this shrine as Mashhad al-Nuqta. | |||
* Maqam al-Turh: Turh means a premature baby. Probably, there was a pregnant woman among the captives whose baby was born prematurely. | |||
* Maqam al-Hajar: The head of Imam was put there. | |||
* Maqam of the mountain of Jawshan: This mountain is located in [[Aleppo]] (Halab). It is said that its name was taken from the name of [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]]. According to some historians a monk who lived there borrowed the head of Imam al-Husayn (a) from the army for one night. It is also known as Mashhad al-Siqt, as the grave of Muhsin b. al-Husayn is located there. | |||
* Maqam al-Humat: This Maqam is placed inside Aleppo. [[Ibn Shahr Ashub]] has mentioned this place. | |||
* Maqam Homs: Likewise, Ibn Shahr Ashub has mentioned this place. | |||
* Maqam Baalbek: There is mosque in this city, which is said that it was Maqam Ra's al-Husayn in the past. | |||
* Maqam Ra's al-Husayn (shrine of the head of Husayn) and Maqam al-Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (a) in [[Damascus]]: These two Maqams are located next to [[Umayyad Mosque]]. Ibn 'Asakir has mentioned Maqam Ra's al-Husayn and other sources reported that Maqam al-Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (a) is near that. | |||
===Accompanying Soldiers=== | ===Accompanying Soldiers=== | ||
Ibn Ziyad sent a group of soldiers along with the captives to Damascus. Famous people such as Shimr b. | [[Ibn Ziyad]] sent a group of soldiers along with the captives to [[Damascus]]. Famous people such as [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]] and Tariq b. Muhaffaz b. Tha'laba were among them. Some reports also added that Zahr b. Qays accompanied them. | ||
According to Ibn A'tham and Khwarazmi, the soldiers and agents of 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad mounted the captives on uncovered howdahs and moved them from city to city, and treated them like infidel captives. | According to Ibn A'tham and Khwarazmi, the soldiers and agents of 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad mounted the captives on uncovered howdahs and moved them from city to city, and treated them like infidel captives. | ||
Imam al-Sajjad (a) has been quoted: | |||
[[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] has been quoted: "They mounted me on a crippled skinny camel with a wooden howdah that did not have any mat in it, while the head of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] was at the top of a spear and the women were behind me and the spears were around us. If any of us shed a drop of tear, they would hit him on the head by the spears; until we arrived to Damascus. When we entered Damascus, I heard someone shouting: O people of Damascus! These are the captives of a cursed household!" | |||
==In Damascus== | ==In Damascus== | ||