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The martyrs of Karbala

Tradition most often numbers the martyrs at seventy-two. Yet the early sources do not give an identical roll, and the named enumeration preserved in the Ziyarat al-Nahiya — the salutation from which this list is drawn — records eighty by name, including Imam al-Husayn (a) himself. Seventeen were of the Prophet's family, the Banu Hashim; the rest were the companions who would not leave his side. Where history records the one who took a martyr's life, it is noted beneath the name.

80 names recorded
17 of the family
63 companions
1

Imam al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (a)

Martyred by Shimr ibn Dhi'l-Jawshan

2

‘Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn

Martyred by Murrah ibn Munqidh al-‘Abdi

3

‘Abdullah, known as ‘Ali al-Asghar ibn al-Husayn

Martyred by Harmala ibn Kahil al-Asadi

4

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by Hani ibn Thubayt al-Hadrami

5

Abu'l-Fadl al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by Yazid ibn Ruqad and Hakim ibn Tufayl

6

Ja‘far ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by Hani ibn Thubayt al-Hadrami

7

‘Uthman ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by Khuli ibn Yazid and Aban al-Darimi

8

Muhammad ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by Aban al-Darimi

9

Abu Bakr ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Uqbah al-Ghanawi

10

‘Abdullah ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by Harmala ibn Kahil al-Asadi

11

al-Qasim ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali

Martyred by ‘Umar ibn Sa‘d ibn Nufayl al-Azdi

12

‘Awn ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far al-Tayyar

Martyred by ‘Abdullah ibn Qutbah al-Nabhani

13

Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far al-Tayyar

Martyred by ‘Amir ibn Nahshal al-Tamimi

14

Ja‘far ibn ‘Aqil

Martyred by Khalid ibn Asad al-Juhani

15

‘Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn ‘Aqil

Martyred by ‘Amir ibn Sa‘sa‘ah

16

Abu ‘Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn ‘Aqil

Martyred by ‘Amr ibn Subayh al-Saydawi

17

Muhammad ibn Abi Sa‘id ibn ‘Aqil

Martyred by Laqit ibn Yasir al-Juhani

18

Sulayman, freedman of Imam al-Husayn

Martyred by Sulayman ibn ‘Awf al-Hadrami

19

Qarib, freedman of Imam al-Husayn

20

Munjih, freedman of Imam al-Husayn

21

Muslim ibn ‘Awsajah al-Asadi

Martyred by ‘Abdullah al-Dababi and ‘Abdullah ibn Khashkarah al-Bajali

22

Sa‘id ibn ‘Abdullah al-Hanafi

23

Bishr ibn ‘Amr al-Hadrami

24

Yazid ibn al-Husayn, a reciter of the Qur'an

25

‘Imran ibn Ka‘b al-Ansari

26

Nu‘aym ibn al-‘Ajlan al-Ansari

27

Zuhayr ibn al-Qayn al-Bajali

28

‘Amr ibn Qarazah al-Ansari

29

Habib ibn Muzahir al-Asadi

30

al-Hurr ibn Yazid al-Riyahi

31

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umayr al-Kalbi

32

Nafi‘ ibn Hilal al-Jamali al-Muradi

33

Anas ibn Kahil al-Asadi

34

Qays ibn Mushir al-Saydawi

35

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Urwah al-Ghifari

36

‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Urwah al-Ghifari

37

Shabib ibn ‘Abdullah al-Nahshali

38

Jawn, freedman of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari

39

al-Hajjaj ibn Zayd al-Sa‘di

40

Qasit ibn Zuhayr al-Tha‘labi

41

Muqsit ibn Zuhayr al-Tha‘labi

42

Kinanah ibn ‘Atiq

43

Darghamah ibn Malik

44

Juwayn ibn Malik al-Dabai

45

Zayd ibn Thubayt al-Qaysi

46

‘Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn Thubayt al-Qaysi

47

‘Ubaydullah ibn Zayd ibn Thubayt al-Qaysi

48

‘Amir ibn Muslim

49

Qa‘nab ibn ‘Amr al-Namari

50

Salim, freedman of ‘Amir ibn Muslim

51

Sayf ibn Malik

52

Zuhayr ibn Bishr al-Khath‘ami

53

Zayd ibn Ma‘qil al-Ju‘fi

54

al-Hajjaj ibn Masruq al-Ju‘fi

55

Mas‘ud ibn al-Hajjaj

56

The son of Mas‘ud ibn al-Hajjaj

57

Mujammi‘ ibn ‘Abdullah al-‘Aidhi

58

‘Ammar ibn Hassan ibn Shurayh al-Ta'i

59

Hayyan ibn al-Harith al-Salmani al-Azdi

60

Jundab ibn Hujayr al-Khawlani

61

‘Umar ibn Khalid al-Saydawi

62

Sa‘id, freedman of ‘Umar ibn Khalid

63

Yazid ibn Ziyad ibn Muhasir al-Kindi

64

Zahir, freedman of ‘Amr ibn al-Hamiq al-Khuza‘i

65

Jabalah ibn ‘Ali al-Shaybani

66

Salim, freedman of the Banu al-Madinah al-Kalbi

67

Aslam ibn Kathir al-Azdi

68

Zuhayr ibn Sulaym al-Azdi

69

Qasim ibn Habib al-Azdi

70

‘Umar ibn al-Ahduth al-Hadrami

71

Abu Thumamah ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdullah al-Sa‘idi

72

Hanzalah ibn As‘ad al-Shami

73

‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abdullah al-Arhabi

74

‘Ammar ibn Abi Salamah al-Hamdani

75

‘Abis ibn Abi Shabib al-Shakiri

76

Shawdhab, freedman of Shakir

77

Shabib ibn al-Harith ibn Sari‘

78

Malik ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Sari‘

79

Sawwar ibn Abi ‘Umayr al-Nahmi al-Hamdani

Wounded and captured; died of his wounds in prison.

80

‘Amr ibn ‘Abdullah al-Junda‘i

Struck down together with Sawwar (no. 79).

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