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Captives of Karbalā are the members of Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the families of some of the martyrs of Karbala who were captured by the Kufian army led by Umar b. Sa'd during the Event of Karbala and after the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn (a). They were taken to Kufa and then to Damascus. There are disagreements about the exact number of captives. However, Imam al-Sajjad (a) and Lady Zaynab (a) are the most famous and eminent figures among them, who inform people about the tyranny of Yazid by their fiery sermons during the captivity.
Historians disagreed about the number of captives from Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the survivors of Imam al-Husayn's companions. Some sources reported that there were 61 women among the captives.
These names have been reported as the captives of Karbala:
- Men: Imam al-Sajjad (a), Imam al-Baqir (a), Umar b. al-Husayn b. Ali (a). Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Ali, Zayd b. al-Hasan b. Ali (a), Muhammad b. 'Amr b. al-Hasan b. Ali (a), two sons of Ja'far b. Abi Talib, 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas b. Ali (a), Qasim b. 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far, Qasim b. Muhammad b. Ja'far, Muhammad al-Asghar b. 'Aqil, 'Uqbat b. Sam'an (Rabab's servant), servant of 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Rabbih al-Ansari, Muslim b. Ribah (servant of Imam Ali (a)), and 'Ali b. 'Uthman al-Maghribi.
- Women: Imam Ali's daughters:Lady Zaynab, Fatima, Umm Kulthum (or Nafisa or Zaynab al-Sughra), Umm al-Hasan, Khadija, the wife of Abd al-Rahman b. Aqil, Umm Hani, the wife of Abd Allah al-Akbar b. Aqil. Daughters of Imam al-Husayn (a): Sukayna, Fatima, Ruqayya, and Zaynab. Rabab (Imam al-Husayn's wife), Umm Muhammad (Fatima, the daughter of Imam al-Hasan (a), the Imam al-Sajjad's wife and Imam al-Baqir's mother), and Fakiha, the mother of Qarib b. 'Abd Allah b. Urayqit.
After the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn (a), Ahl al-Bayt (a) passed the night after Ashura' in Karbala. In the afternoon of 11th of Muharram 61/ October 11, 680 after that 'Umar b. Sa'd's army buried all the dead bodies of the army, they gathered Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the survivors from Imam's companions and took them to Kufa. ......
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- ... Umm Wahb was the first female martyr of Karbala?
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