Zayd b. Ruqad al-Junnabi
| Murderer of 'Abbas b. Ali | |
|---|---|
| Lineage | Junnab |
| Cause of Death/Martyrdom | In the Uprising of al-Mukhtar, he was finally shot by 'Abd Allah b. Kamil and his people with arrows, and his half-alive corpse was burned. |
| Era | Umayyad Dynasty |
| Known for | Contributing to martyrdom of Suwayd b. 'Amr b. Abi Muta' and 'Abd Allah b. Muslim |
| Notable roles | He was an archer in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala |
Zayd b. Ruqād (Warqa') al-Junnabī (al-Janibī) (Arabic: زَید بن رُقاد (ورقاء) الجُنَّبی (الجَنِبی)) was an archer in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala. He contributed to the martyrdom of 'Abbas b. 'Ali (a) and Suwayd b. 'Amr b. Abi Muta'. According to some sources, he was a murderer of 'Abd Allah b. Muslim. In the Uprising of al-Mukhtar, he was finally shot by 'Abd Allah b. Kamil and his people with arrows, and his half-alive corpse was burned.
In the Battle of Ashura
Zayd b. Ruqad was from the Junnab tribe.[1] He is mentioned in some sources as Zayd b. Warqa' al-Hanafi,[2] Zayd b. Warqa' al-Juhani,[3] Zayd b. Ruqad al-Hini,[4] Yazid b. Warqa',[5] and Yazid b. Ruqad al-Juhani[6] as well.
On the Day of Ashura, he was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd. He contributed to the martyrdom of 'Abbas b. 'Ali (a)[7] and Suwayd b. 'Amr b. Abi Muta' (the last martyr on the Day of Ashura).[8]
According to some sources, he killed 'Abd Allah b. Muslim as well.[9]
Fate
After his uprising, al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi commissioned 'Abd Allah b. Kamil to capture Zayd b. Ruqad. When he was surrounded, Ibn Kamil ordered his people not to hit him with swords and spears; he ordered them to shoot him with arrows and stone him, instead.[10] He was burned while he was still almost alive.[11]
Notes
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 6, p. 64.
- ↑ Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 110; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 50.
- ↑ Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib, p. 108.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 450.
- ↑ Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 8, p. 272.
- ↑ Khwārizmī, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn, vol. 2, p. 269.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 468; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil, vol. 4, p. 92; Iṣfahānī, Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn, p. 90; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 110; Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib, p. 108.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 204; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 453.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 408; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 6, p. 64; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil, vol. 4, p. 243; Khwārizmī, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn, vol. 2, p. 269.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 6, p. 64.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 6, p. 65; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil, vol. 4, p. 243; Ibn Nimā, Dhub al-naḍār fī sharḥ al-thār, p. 120, Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 374.
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- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Wafāʾ, 1404 AH.
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