DEDICATION

The Importance of Translation of Knowledge and Learning of Ahl al-Bayt

The Message of Ayatollah Uzma Makarim Shirazi

Contexts

1. Translator's Foreword

Introduction

Various Aspects of thd Uprising

Islamic Government of the Holy Prophet (SAW)

The Imamate vs. Kingdom

The Noble Conduct of Imam al-Husain (AS)

A Deviation of Misunderstanding

The Continuity of A'ashura Movement

The Translation

Translator's Foreword for the Second Edition

2. Biography of the Author

2. Biography of the Author

3. A Few Words about the Book

The Style of the Writing

The First Journey

The Second Journey

The Third Journey

The Fourth Journey

The Fifth Journey

The return towards Medina

The Special Features of the Book

The Name of the Book

An Important Reminder

4. Preface

The Holy Prophet (SAW) and Imam's (AS) Birth

The Naming Ceremony

His Character

His Personality

The Features of Imam's (AS) in the Holy Qur'an

The Verse of Friendship (Movadat)

The Verse of Purification (Tathir)

The Verse of Cursing (Mobahela)

The Features of Imam al-Husain (AS) in Traditions

The Prophecies of His Martyrdom

PART - 1 FROM MEDINA TO MECCA

The Letters from the Kufans

Ja'da b.Habireh's Sons

Imam's (AS) Letter to the Kufans

The Martyrdom Hujr b. Adi al-Kindi

The Criticism of Mu'awiyeh

The Martyrdom of Omroo b. al-Khizai

Mu'awiyeh's Deceit

The Changing of the Governmental System

Mu'awiyeh's Letter to Imam (AS)

Imam's (AS) Reply to Mu'awiyeh

The Gathering in Mecca

The Arrival of Delegations near Mu'awiyeh

Ahnaf b. Qays

The Letter to the Governor of Medina

Mu'awiyeh's Journey to Medina

The Meeting with A'aishey

Mu'awiyeh's Journey to Mecca

The End of Mu'awiyeh's Life

Mu'awiyeh's Letter to Yazid

Yazid's Sermon after His Father's Demise

People's Condolences to Yazid

Yazid's Dreams

Yazid's Letter to the Governor of Medina

Al-Walid's Consultation with Marwan

Imam's al-Husain's (AS) Encounter with Marwan

Marwan's Meeting with Imam (AS)

Fareweell with Holy Prophet's (SAW) Grave

Farewell with His Mothers & Brother's Graves

Imam's (AS) Will for al-Hanafiyeh

Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyeh's Proposal

Imam's (AS) Reply

The Grief of Hashemite Women

Their Awareness of the Martyrdom

Imam's (AS) Journey from Medina to Mecca

Meeting in Between the Journey

In Mecca

The Entry in Mecca

The Visiting of Khadijeh's (SA) Grave

The Letter for the People of Basra

Manzar b. Jarud's Reaction

Ahnaf b. Qay's Reply

Yazid b. Masud's Reaction

Yazid b. Masud's Reply to Imam (AS)

Yazid b. Nabit Basri

The Letters of the Kufans

Imam's (AS) Letter to the Kufans

The Dispatching of Muslim b. Aqil (AS)

Muslim b. Aqil's (AS) Letter to Imam (AS)

The Imam's (AS) Reply

Muslim b. Aqil (AS) in al-Mukhtar's Home

Abis b. Abi Habib ash-Shakiri's Speech

The Allegiance with Muslim (AS)

Another Letter of Muslim b.Aqil (AS)

The Speech of Governor of Kufa

Sarjun - Mu'awiyeh's Slave

Yazid's Letter to Ubaydullah

Ubaydullah b. Ziyad's Speech

Ubaydullah b. Ziyad's Journey to Kufa

Ubaydullah b. Ziyad's Entry in Kufa

Ubaydullah b. Ziyad's Sermon in Kufa

Threats and Intimidation

The Encounter with Government Officials

Muslim b. Aqil (AS) in Hani's Home

Sharik b. Aaur in Kufa

Ubaydullah Visits Hani and Sharik

Sharik's Plot to Kill Ubaydullah

Mehran's Becoming Suspicious

Muslim's (AS) Reluctance to Kill Ubaydullah

Sharik b. Aaur's Demise

The Story of Moaqal

The Plot against Hani b. Urweh

The Arrest of Hani b. Urweh

Hani and Muslim b. Omroo Bahili

The Torture of Hani b. Urweh

The Uprising of the Clan of Madhhij

Ibn Ziyad's Sermon

The Uprising of Muslim (AS)

Ubaydullah's Trick for Breaking the Siege

Declaration of Helpessness by the Kufans

Raising of the White Flags

The Arrest of People

The Beginning of Muslim's (AS) Exile

Muhammad b. Kathir's Arrest

Muslim (AS) in Tu'a's Home

Ubaydullah Sermon

The Issuance of New Orders

The Dream of Muslim (AS)

The Story of Billal - Son of Tu'a

The Bravery of Muslim (AS)

The Arrest of Muslim (AS)

The Crying of Muslim (AS)

The Dispatching of a Courier

Muslim b. Omroo Bahili

Muslim (AS) in Ubaydullah's Assembly

The Last Will of Muslim (AS)

The Martyrdom of Muslim b. Aqil (AS)

The Martyrdom of Hani

Ibn Ziyad's Letter to Yazid

Yazid's Reply to Ibn Ziyad

The Clan of Muslim b. Aqil (AS)

Imam's (AS) Sermon at Mecca

Sefeguarding the Sanctity of Holy Mecca

Why Imam (AS) Selected Iraq and Kufa?

Imam (A.S) and Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyeh

Imam (AS) and Omar b. Abd ar-Rahman

Masur b. Mkhrama

Abdullah b. al-Abbas

Abdullah b. Omar

Abdullah b. az-Zubayr

Ibn al-Abbas and Abdullah b. az-Zubayr

The Meeting with Oza'i

Abdullah b. Ja'far's Letter

Omroo b. S'aid's Letter

8. From Mecca to Karbala

The Pursuance of Imam (AS)

Al-Walid b. Utbeh's Letter

The Blockade of the Routes

Omroo b. S'aid's Letter to Yazid

The Stoppages from Mecca to Karbala

1. Al-Abtah

2. Al-Tanaim

3. Al-Siffeh

4. Wadi al- Aqiq

5. Wadi al-Safreh

6. Zat Arq

7. Al- Hajar Man Batn al-Rammeh

The Story of Qays b. Mushir as-Saydawi

8. Faid

9. Al-Jufr

10. Khazimyeh

11. Shaquq

12. Zarud

The Meeting with Zuhayr b. al-Qayn

13. Thalbiyeh

The News of Muslim's (AS) Martyrdom

Abu Harra Azdi

Muslim b. Aqil's (AS) Daughter

The Acceptance of Islam by a Christian

14. Zubaleh

The Courier of Kufa

Abdullah b. Yuqtar

15. Al-Qa

16. Uqba al-Batn

17. Sharraf

18. Dhu Husm

19. Al-Baiza

20. Al-Rahimeh

21. Adhib al-Hajanat

22. Al-Qutqutana

23. Qasr Banu-Maqatil

Omroo b. Qays

24. Ninawa (or Naynawa)

9. In Karbala

The Entry in Karbala

The Second Day of Muharram

Imam's (A.S) Prayer

Imam's (AS) Speech

Imam's (AS) Letter to the Kufans

The Expressions of Imam's (AS) Companions

Ubayadullah's Letter to Imam (AS)

Ammar b. Abdullah

The Third Day of Muharram

The Purchasing of Land in Karbala

The Prudence of Imam's (AS) Companions

Omar b. S' ad's Letter to Ubaydullah

Ubaydullah's Reply

Ubaydullah in Nukhayleh

The Fourth Day of Muharram

The Fitfh Day of Muharram

The Number of Omar b. S'ad's Army

The Sixth Day of Muharram

The Status of the Enemy Troops

Imam's (AS) Letter to al-Hanafiyeh

Banu Asad's Support for Imam (AS)

The Seventh day of Muharram

The Eighth Day of Muharram

The Meeting of Yazid Hamedani & Omar S'ad

The Bringing of Water from Euphrates

The Meeting of Imam (AS) and Omar b. S'ad

Omar b. S'ad's Letter to Ubaydullah

The False Accusation and Slander

Ubaydullah's Reply

The Threat of Dismissal

The Ninth Day of Muharram (T'asua)

The Letter of Immunity

The Rejection of the Letter of Immaunity

The Declaration of War

The Speeches of Habib and Zuhayr

The Permission of Worshiping for One Night

Imam's (AS) Sermon on the Night of A'ashura

The Response of Imam's (AS) Companions

Muhammad b. Bashir

The Death - Sweeter than Honey

The Resistance - Till the Verge of Martyrdom

The Excavation of Trench around the Camp

The Strenghthening of Position

The Ceremonial Ablutions for the Martyrdom

The Verses of Imam (AS)

A Small Group of Enemy Joins Imam (AS)

Burayr and Abu Harb Sabi'i

The Attaining of Allah's Countenance (Laq'a)

Nafi' b. Hilal al-Jamali and Imam (AS)

Imam's (AS) Dream

The Day of A' ashura

The Number of Imam's (AS) Supporters

Omar b. S'ad's Army

The Movement of Enemy Troops

The Sermon of Imam (AS)

Shimr Dhu'l Jawshan Speaks to Imam (AS)

Ibn Abi Juwayreh and Tamim b. Husain

Abdullah b. Hozeh

Tanabba Masruq

Zuhayr b. al-Qayn's Sermon

Burayr's Sermon

The Uproar and Disturbance

Imam's (AS) Second Sermon

Imam's (AS) Prophecy about Omar b. S'ad

Another Sermon of Imam (AS)

Hurr b. Yazid Riyahi

A Heavenly Announcer

The Order for the Attack

The Maryrdom of Imam's (AS) Companions

The Martyrs of the First Enemy Attack

1. Adam b. Umayyeh

2. Umayyeh b. S'ad

3. Bashar b. Omar

4. Jabir b. Hajjaj

5. Habab b. Amir

6. Hableh b. Ali

7. Janadeh b. K'ab

8. Jundab b. Hajir Kindi

9. Juwayn b. Malik

10. Harith b. Amir al-Qays

11. Harith b. Nabhan

12. Hajjaj b. Badr

13. Hulas b. Omroo

14. Zahir b. Omroo

15. Zahir b. Salim

16. Salim (Slave of Amir b. Muslim)

17. Salim b. Omroo

18. Sawar b. Abi Hamir

19. Shabib b. Abdullah

20. Aaid b. Majmeh

21. Amir b. Muslim

22. Abdullah b. Bashir

23. Abdullah b. Yazid

24. Ubaudullah b. Yazid

25. Abdul Rahman b. Abdul Rab

26. Abdul Rahman b. Masud

27. Omar b. Dhabiyeh

28. Ammar b. Hassan

29. Ammar b. Salimeh

30. Qasim b. Habib al-Azdi

31. Qasit b. Zuhayr

32. Kardus b. Zuhayr

33. Kananeh b. Atiq

34. Muslim b. Kathir

35. Mas'ud b. Hajjaj

36. Maqsat b. Zuhayr

37. Nasr b. Abi Nazar

38. Nu'man b. Omroo

39. N'aim b. Ajlan

40. Zuhayr b. Bashar al-Khasa'mi

The Descending of Divine Help

The Imploration for Help (Isteghasa)

The Names of the Other Martyrs

1. Abdullah b. Umayr

2. Sayf b. al-Harith

3. Malik b. Abdullah

4. Omroo b. Khalid al-Saydawi

5. S'ad Molai Omroo

6. Jabir b. Harith

7. Majma b. Abdullah

8. Burayr b. Khuzayr

9. Omroo b. Qarzeh b. K'ab Ansari

10. S'ad b. Harith

11. Abu al-Hatuf b. Harith

12. Nafi' b. Hilal al-Jamali

13. Abu al-Sha'sha al-Kindi

14. Muslim b. Awsajeh Asadi

15. Hurr b. Yazid Riyahi

16. Habib b. al-Muzahir

The Last Prayer (Salat)

17. S'aid b. Abdullah al-Hanafi

18. Abu Thamama S' aidi

19. Salman b. Madarib

20. Zuhayr b. al-Qayn Bajali

21. Hajjaj b. Masruq al-J' afi

22. Yazid b. Maqhfil J'afi

23. Hanzaleh b. S'ad As'ad Shabami

24. Abis b. Abi Shabib

25. Shudhab b. Abdullah

26. Jon b. Abi Malik

27. Abdul Rahman al-Rahabi

28. The Turkish slave

29. Aris b. Harith

30. Abdullah b. Urweh

31. Abdul Rahman b. Urweh

32. Omroo b. Janadeh

33. Wadah al-Turki

34. Rafi b. Abdullah

35. Yazid b. Thbit

36. Bakr b. Hai

37. Zarghameh b. Malik

38. Majmeh b. Ziyad

39. Abad b. Mhajir

40. Wahab b. Habab Kalbi

41. Habshi b. Qays b. Salimeh

42. Ziyad b. Arib

43. Uqbeh b. Salat

44. Qa'nab b. Omar

45. Anis b. Moa'qal

46. Qurreh b. Abi Qurreh

47. Abdul Rahman b. Abdullah al-Yazni

48. Yahya al-Mazani

49. Manjh

50. Suwayd b. Omroo

Imam (AS) Speaks to His companions

The Fighting of Imam's (AS) Companions

The Attacking of the Camp

Zoak b. Abdullah

The Valor of Imam's (AS) Companions

The Martyrs of Banu Hahsim

Ali b. al-Husain - Ali Akbar (AS)

The Family of Aqil b. Abi Talib (AS)

Abdullah b. Muslim b. Aqil (AS)

Muhammad b. Muslim b. Aqil (AS)

J'afar b. Aqil (AS)

Adb ar-Rahman b. Aqil (AS)

Abdullah b. Aqil (AS)

Muhammad b. Abi S'aid b. Aqil (AS)

The Family of J'afar b. Abi Talib (AS)

Aun b. Abdullah b. J'afar (AS)

Muhammad b. Abdullah b. J'afar (AS)

Ubaydullah b. Abdullah b. J'afar (AS)

Qasim b. Muhammad b. J'afar b. Abi Talib (AS)

The Children of Imam al-Hasan (AS)

Qasim b. al-Hasan (AS)

Abu Bakr b. al-Hasan (AS)

Abdullah b. al-Hasan (AS)

Hasan b. al-Hasan (AS)

The Children of Imam Ali (AS)

Abdullah b. Ali (AS)

Othman b. Ali (AS)

J'afar b. Ali

Abu Bakr b. Ali (AS)

Muhammad b. Ali (AS)

Abbas al-Asghar (AS)

Abbas b. Ali (AS)

Muhammad b. Abbas b. Ali (AS)

The Last Moment and the Infant

The newly born Marytyr

The Number of Ahl al-Bayt's (AS) Martyrs

1. Seventeen People

2. Sixteen People

3. Fifteen People

4. Nineteen People

5. Twenty People

6. Twenty - Three People

7. Twwnty - eight People

8. Seventy - eight People

9. Thirty People

10. Thirteen People

11. Fourteen People

The Verses of Imam (AS)

Imam's (AS) Call for Help (Isteghasa)

Recommendations to Imam al-Sajjad (AS)

The Farewell of Imam (AS)

Imam's (AS) Three Years Old Daughter

The Fighting of Imam (AS)

The Last Sermon of Imam (AS)

The last Farewell of Imam (AS)

The Savage Attack

The Triple Head Arrow

The Camp under Attack

The Last Prayer of Imam (AS)

The last Hymns of Imam (AS)

The Martyrdom of Imam's (AS)

The Crying of Zaynab (SA)

Nafi' b. Hilal al-Jamali

The Last Moments of Imam (AS)

The Order of Imam's (AS) Execution

Who was Imam's (AS) Murderer?

Shimr b. Dhu'l Jawshan

Sinan b. Anas Nakhi

Khuli b. Yazid

The Crying of the Angels

The News of the Martyrdom

The Last Martyr

Imam's (AS) Horse - Dhul Jinah

The Upheaval of the Universe

The Date of the Martyrdom

The Number of Imam's (AS) Wounds

In the Aftermath of the Martyrdom

The Looting of the Camp

Hamideh - the Daughter of Muslim (AS)

The Burning of the Tents

Request for the Reward

The Peak of Cruelty

1. Ishaque b. Huwway

2. Akhnas b. Marthad

3. Hakim b. Tufayl

4. Omroo b. Sabih

5. Raja b. Minqadh

6. Salim b. Khathima Ja'fi

7. Wahid b. Naam

8. Saleh b. Wahab

9. Hani b. Thabit

10. Asid b. Malik

The Narration of Jammal

Imam's (A.S) Wounded Companions

1. Sawar b. Hamir Jabri

2. Omroo b. Abdullah

3. Hasan b. al-Hasan

Mothers of Martyrs - Present in Karbala

The Holy Prophet's (SAW) Companions

The Number of Martyrs of Karbala

These - Who weren't Martyred in Karbala

Those who were martyred after Imam (AS)

The Children of Muslim b. Aqil (AS)

The Enemy Losses

Imam's (AS) Age at His Martyrdom

The Holy Head of Imam (AS)

The Distribution of the Holy Heads

The Journey from Karbala

The Number of the Capatives

The Captives form Banu hashim's Men

The Banu Hashim's Women Captives

The Other Women Captives

The Caravan of the Captives

Zaynab (SA) At the Site of Martyrdom

The Sermon of Zaynab (SA)

1. The First Sermon

2. Second Sermon

3. Third Sermon

4. The Fourth Sermon

5. The Fifth Sermon

Sakineh (SA) and Imam's (AS) Body

The Holy Corpses of the Martyrs

The Observations of a Man from Banu Asad

The Burial of Sacred Bodies

When the Burial was done?

10. In Kufa

The Captives Arrival in Kufa

The First Head - Mounted Upon the Lance

The Camels without Saddles

A Prophecy of Imam Ali (AS)

The Fiery Sermons in Kufa

The Sermon of Zaynab (SA)

The Sermon of Fatimeh al-Sughra (SA)

The Sermon of Umme Kulthun (SA)

Historical Sermon of Imam al-Sajjad (AS)

The Governor's Mansion of Kufa

Order for Imam al-Sajjad's (AS) Execution

Ibn Ziyad and the Holy Head of Imam (AS)

The Prison of Kufa

Ubaydullah's Letter for Yazid

The Events in Kufa after the Captives

Abdullah b. Afif Azdi

Jundab b. Abdullah

The Regret of Omar b. S' ad

Al-Mukhtar at the Governor's Mansion

The News of Martyrdom in Medina

The Blasphemous Words of Omroo b. S'aid

Abdullah b. J'afar

Umme Salimeh (SA)

An Announcer from the Unseen

The of News Of Martyrdom in Mecca

Rab'i b. Khuthim

Hasan Basri in Basra

11. From Kufa to Damascus

The Ahl al-Bayt's (AS) Journey to Damascus

The Stoppages from Kufa to Damascus

The First Halting Station

Takrit

Mashhad al-Nuqteh

Wadi al-Nukhleh

Musal

Nasibin

Ayn al- Wardeh

Raqqeh

Jusaq

D' awaat

Halb

Qinnasrin

Marra al-Nu'man

Shizr

Kafri Talib

Sibour

Hamat

Hemas

B'albak

The Prophets and the Holy Head

Damascus

12. In Damascus

The Ideological Beliefs of the Syrians

Sahal b. S' ad al-S'adi

The Verses of Imam al-Sajjad (AS)

Ibrahim b. Talheh

The Assembly of Yazid

Fatimeh (SA) The Daughter of Imam (AS)

The Drinking of Wine by Yazid

The Incident of the Roman Ambassador

The Sermon of Zaynab Kubra (SA)

The Sermon of Imam al-Sajjad (AS)

The Reaction of Imam's (AS) Sermon

Minhal b. Omroo

The Hatred of Syrian People towards Yazid

The Dream of Hind

Incident Imam's (AS) Youngest Daughter

The Official Declaration of Mourning

Imam al-Sajjad's (AS) Three Demands

13. From Damascus to Medina

The Departure form the Damascus

The Arbae'en (The 40 th. day)

The Contradiction of Arbae' en's Traditions

1. The First Opinion

2. The Second Opinion

3. The Third Opinion

4. The Fourth opinion

the Stoppage at Karbala

The Departure form Karbala

The Return to Medina

The Reward for a Well done Job

14. In Medina after Karbala

Bashir in Medina

Welcome of the Caravan of Karbala

The Sermon of Imam al-Sajjad (AS)

Sa'saa b. Suhan al-Abdi

Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyeh

Agl al-Bayt's (AS) Entry in Medina

Umme Salimeh (SA)

Ummul Banin (SA)

The Mourning of Ahl al- Bayt (AS)

Rabab (SA)

The Elegy of Aqil's Daughter

The Lamentation of Imam al-Sajjad (AS)

The Lamentation of the Companions

The Grief of Zaynab (SA)

Yazid's thanking of Marjaneh's Son

15. The Improtance of Imam's (AS) Pilgrimage

The Importance Imam's (AS) Pilgrimage

Is Pilgrimage of Imam's (AS) Mandatory?

PART - II THE STORY OF REVENGE

16. The Shi'i after Imam's (AS) Martyrdom

The Regret

Letter from the Prison

Lettet of Yazid

The Penitents (Tawwabun)

Speech of al-Mussayab b. Najabeh

Speech of Rafa b. Shaddad al-Bajali

Speech of Sulaiman b. Surad

Letter to al-Mada'in

Letter of S' ad b. Hudhaifeh al-Yemen

Letter of the People of Basra

Yazid's Demise

People's Allegiance with az-Zubayr

Al-Mukhtar's Journey to Mecca

Ibn Ziyad After Yazid's Demise

Amir b. Mas'ud

Exit from Basra

Escape to Damascus

Abdullah and Ibrahim b. Muhammad

Abdullah b. Yazid al-Ansari's Speech

The Beginning of Penitent's Movement

The Sermon of Sulaiman b. Surad

Abdullah b. S'ad b. Nufayl al-Azdi

Abdullah b. Yazid & Sulaiman b. Surad

The Arrival of Penitents in Karbala

Movement of Penitents from Karbala

Abdullah b. Yazid al-Ansari's Letter

Sulaiman's Reply to Abdullah b. Yazid

Qirqisiyeh

The Movement of Syrian Army

Ayn al - Wardeh

The Sermon of Sulaiman b. Surad

The dispatching of an-Numayr and Shrahjil

The Dispatching of Adham b. Mahrz

The Martyrdom of Sulaiman b. Surad

Al-Musayyab b. Najbeh al-Fazari

Abdullah b. Said b. Nufayl al-Azdi

Rifa b. Shaddad al-Bajali

Abdullah b. Walin b. at-Taymi

Abdullah b. Auaf b. Ahmar

Abdullah b. Aziz Kanani

The Return to Kufa

The Arrival of Reinforcing Troops

The News of Penitents in Damascus

17. The Uprisingof al-Mukhtar

Who is al-Mukhtar?

The Period of His Growth

His Personal Characteristics

Al-Mukhtar - In the sight of Imams (AS)

Al-Mukhtar - In Imam Ali's (AS) Lap

M' obid b. Khalid

Muslim (AS) at al-Mukhtar's Home in Kufa

Al-Mukhtar during Muslim's (AS) Uprising

Al-Mukhtar & Mitham b. Yahya at-Tammar

Al-Mukhtar after the Penitents (Tawwabun)

Al-Mukhtar's Letter to Sulaiman

The Freedom form the Prison

Abdullah b. Mut'i

The Plot for al-Mukhtar's Arrest

Abd ar-Rahman b. Shurayh

The Meeting with Muhammad al-Hanafiyeh

Muhammad b. Hanafiyeh's Speech

Imam al-Sajjad's (AS) Opinion

The Return to Kufa

Abd ar-Rahman b. Shurayh's Testimony

The Invitation to Ibrahim b. Malik al-Ashtar

Ibrahim's Paying Homage to al-Mukhtar

The Uprising of Al-Mukhtar

Ayas b. Madarib

The Orders for the Uprising

The Attacking of Zor b. Qay's Troops

Swayd b. Abd ar-Rahman

Abu Othman Nahadi and Clan of Shakir

The Clan of Khatham

The Assembly inside thd Mosque

The Killing of N' aeem

Al-Mukhrar under the Seige

The Speech of Yazid b. Anas

The Killing of Rashid b. Ayas

Hassan b. Q'aid

Omroo b. Hajjaj's Proposal

Ibn Mut'i's Sermon

Ibn Mut'i under the Siege

The Entry in Kufa

Nofil b. Masahaq

The Siege of Governor's Mansion

The Pardon of the Nobles

The Sermon of al-Mukhtar

The Allegiance with al-Mukhtar

The Distribution of Public Treasury

The Dispatching of the Governors

Marwan b. al-Hakm's Demise

The Beginning of the Revenge

Abdul Rahman's Letter to al-Mukhtar

Al-Mukhtar's Reply to Abdul Rahman

The Killing of Syrian Army Commanders

The Demise of Iraqi Army Commander

Warqeh b. Aazib's Proposal

Warqeh b. Aazib's Blunder

The Reflections of Yazid b. Anas' Demise

The Conspiracy in Kufa

Abdul Rahman b. Mikhnaf's Proposal

The Mutiny

Shimr's Quitting of Yemenite Clan

The Fighting with the Rebels

Malik b. Omroo

Abu al-Qulus

The Killing of Rifa b. Shaddad al-Bajali

The Suppression of the Rebels

The Escape from the Kufa

Omroo b. Hajjaj Zubaydi

Abdullah b. Mut'i

The Demolition of the Homes

The Killers of Imam's (AS)

The Horse Gallopers

The Group of Dabbaba

The Killing of Khuli

The Killing of Omar b. S' ad

The Sending of Heads to Medina

Shimr b. Dhu'l Jawshan

Sinan b. Anas

Hamid b. Muslim

The Story of Hurmaleh b. Kahil

The Crimes of Hurmaleh b. Kahil

Hakim b. Tufayl Ta'i

The Crimes of Hakim b. Tufayl Ta'i

Marra b. Minqadh

Zayd b. Raqad

Abu al-Hatuf J'afi

Saleh b. Wahb

Abhar b. K'ab

Bajdal b. Salim

Omroo b. Sabih

The Story of Saraqa b. Mardas

The Fighting with Ubaydullah b. Ziyad

Al-Mukhtar's Recommendations

The Movement of the Kufan Army

Omayr b. Habab

Ibrahim b. Malik Ashtar's Speech

The Syrian Army

The Beginning of Attack of Syrians Army

The Killing of Ubaydullah b Ziyad

The Killing of Husyan b. an-Numayr

The Killing of Sharahjil

The Victory of the Musal

Al-Mukhtar's Arrival in al-Mada'in

The Sending of Ibn Ziyad's Head to Kufa

The Sending of b. Ziyad's Head to Medina

The Sh'ayb Arm Incident

Mas'ab b. az- Zubayr

Expulsion of Banu Hashim from Mecca

Mollab b. Abi Safreh's Movement

Abdul Rahman b. Mikhnaf

The Movement of Mas'ab from Basra

The Blunder of Treason

The Beginning of the Attack

The News of the Defeat

The Movement towards the Kufa

The Fighting at Harura

An Incorrect Proposal

Al-Mukhtar under the Siege

Al-Mukhtar's Suggestion

Al-Mukhtar and S'aib b. Malik

Al-Mukhtar's Precise Foresight

The Killing of al-Mukhtar

Bajir b. Abdullah

Abdul Rahman b. Ash'ath

Musafir b. S'aid

Abdullah b. Omar's Reprimand

Al-Mukhtar's Women

Al-Mukhtar's Body

The Duration of al-Mukhtar's Rein

Urweh b. az-Zubayr

Abdullah b. az-Zubayr

Al-Mukhtar's Grave

Bibliography

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