Shimr
Shemr ibn Ziljawshan or Shemr (Arabic: شمر بن ذي الجوشن الضبابي الهوازني) was a son of Ziljawshan from the tribe of Banu Kilab (Sunni belief differs), one of Arabia's Hawazinite Qaysid tribes.[1] Umm ul-Banin, the mother of Abbas ibn Ali, was also from the Banu Kilab tribe. Shemr has a villainous reputation in both Sunni and Shia Islam. He was a Kharijite leader before paying allegiance to Yazid I and joining Ibn Ziyad's Umayyad forces. He is known as the man who beheaded Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala. [2] Considering he was a relative of Abbas ibn Ali, he offered protection to him as long as he does not fight Yazid, to which Abbas rejects.[3]
Death
Shemr was killed by Mukhtar al-Thaqafi's troops who wished to take revenge upon the killers of Husayn and his family.[4] Shia traditions relate that Shemr's body was then torn to pieces by wild dogs.[5]
Depiction
Shemr is depicted in the passion plays during the Shia mourning remembrance of Ashura.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Al-Husayn on 'Ashura". Al-Islam.org. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Iran's Obama billboard: what it really means". The Guardian. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Shimr bin Ziljawshan's arrival at Karbala and the events on the night of ninth Muharram". Al-Islam.org. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Daftary, Farhad (1992). The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-521-42974-0.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Malekpour, Jamshid (2 Aug 2004). The Islamic Drama. Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 978-0714684468.
- ^ Burke, Edmund; Yaghoubian, Nejde (2006). Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East. University of California Press. p. 243. ISBN 9780520246614.
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