* Shahrbanu, eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last Emperor of Sassanid Persia and mother of the fourth Shiite imam, Ali ibn Husayn

For several years his brother Husayn and several cousins served him as secretaries.

Concerning his own brother Husayn, Shoghi Effendi sent the following cable to the Bahá ' í world in April 1945:

* " My faithless brother Husayn, after long period of dishonourable conduct, has abandoned the Master's home to consort with his sister and other Covenant-breakers.

When Hasan ibn Ali agreed to make a peace treaty with Muawiyah I, the first Umayyad caliph, he left Kufa and went to Medina with his brother Husayn.

According to the Shia, Husayn had gained the third Imam for a period of ten years after the death of his brother Hassan in 669.

Husayn sent his brother Al-Abbas ibn Ali to the river bank to bring water, but Ziyad's army fought with Abbas, cut off both his arms, and killed him.

There a divine guidance came to the effect by way of intuition that a sincere, faithful, loyal and devoted brother could not tolerate, that the head of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn, buried in Al Qahera, Egypt, should be without a Maqsurah, thus how could he accept this gift for himself.

Husayn ibn Ali and his brother Hasan ibn Ali were regarded by Prophet Muhammed as his own sons due to his love for them and as they were the sons of his daughter Fatima and he regarded her children and descendants as his own children and descendants, and he said " Every mothers children are associated with their father except for the children of Fatima for I am their father and lineage " Thus only the descendants of Fatima are the descendants and progeny of the Prophet and his Ahlul Bayt.

Hasan and his younger brother, Husayn ibn Ali, are believed to have been greatly beloved by their grandfather Muhammad as numerous hadiths affirm.

There are also hadiths that state that Hasan and Husayn are the Masters of the youth in paradise and that Hasan and his brother Hussein are imams " whether they sit or stand ".

The Shia view is that Ali ’ s right to the caliphate was usurped and his family abused by Abu Bakr but Ali, Hasan and his younger brother Husayn ibn Ali valued the Muslim community's stability above their own rights, even going to defend the third caliph Uthman before Ali himself received the caliphate.

According to Ali's appointment before his death the choice was restricted to Hasan and his younger brother Husayn.

" said Mamun, " Son of Musa, son of Jafar, son of Muhammad, son of Ali, son of Husayn, brother of Hasan, son of Ali the cousin and successor to Muhammad the Messenger of God "

The city of Karbala in Iraq, the third holy place of Shia Islam, is the center of the proceedings where, in a show of humility, many crawl through the streets of the city while others fall on their hands and knees as they approach the Shrines of Husayn and his brother Abbas ibn Ali.

He participated in the assault on Zaragoza in 781 ( that compelled to Husayn submit ) and in subsequent expeditions into Basque territories and Cerdaña, moving on then to Barcelona where his brother as Wali also submitted to the Emir.

Her death was followed by several other deaths which hurt the family: a year later the death of Mírzá Músá, the brother of Bahá ’ u ’ lláh, followed by the passing of ` Abdu ’ l-Bahá ’ s son and Bahá ’ u ’ lláh grandson ( five-year-old Husayn ) only increased Bahá ’ u ’ lláh ’ s mourning.

Muh &# 803 ; ammad-H &# 803 ; asan Bu < u > sh </ u > rú ' í was the second Letter of the Living, and the brother of Mullá Husayn.

Upon Hussein Kamel's death, his only son, Prince Kamal al-Din Husayn, declined the succession, and Hussein Kamel's brother Ahmed Fuad ascended the throne as Fuad I.

Narratives state that he did not open his eyes after he was born until his brother Husayn ibn Ali took him in his arms.

") he was actually calling for his brother, Husayn.

Tradition says that Zaynab, already in anguish due to the death of her brother Husayn and her sons Aun and Muhammad, was forced to march unveiled.

Sayyida Nafisa bint Hasan along with Sayyida Zaynab are traditionally considered the patron saints of the Cairo city. She is woman from Ahl al-Bayt family. She was the daughter of al-Hasan al-Anwar, the son of Zaid al-Ablaj, son of Imam Hasan, brother of Imam Husayn, son of the Daughter of the Prophet Sayyida Fatimat al-Zahra.

Ali told Ja ' far not to prevent Zainab from going on a journey with Husayn, her brother.

When Hasan's brother Husayn prepared to leave Medina in 670, Qasim's mother Umm Farwa asked Husayn to take her and Al-Qasim with him.

The Conquest of Mecca while overwhelming for the Umayyads for the time being, further fueled their hatred towards the Hashmites ; this would later result in battles between Muawiyah I and Ali and then killing of Husayn ibn Ali along with his family and a few friends on the orders of Yazid ibn Muawiyah at the Battle of Karbala.

* Muhammad looked towards Ali, Fatimah, Hasan and Husayn and said, " I am at war with those who fight you and in peace with those who please you.

" Despite this warning, Husayn continued towards Kufa and during the trip, he and many members of his family were killed or captured at the Battle of Karbala.

At first Sharif Husayn was hesitant to let Ja ’ far, a former general in the Ottoman army, join his forces, but eventually relented and Ja ’ far was invited by Husayn ’ s son, Amir Faisal, to join in the fight against the Ottoman Empire.

Tahir ibn Husayn ( Arabic, Persian: طاهر بن حسين ) ( died 822 ) was a general and governor during the Abbasid caliphate.

The dynasty was founded by Tahir ibn Husayn, a leading general in the service of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma ' mun.

The founder of the Tahirid dynasty was Tahir ibn Husayn, a general who had played a major role in the civil war between the rival caliphs al-Amin and al-Ma ' mun.

However, the strife in Georgia as well as the Saffavid empire in general forced Husayn to make peace with George who was summoned to Isfahan in 1696.

About two years after the battle of Fort Tabarsi, Abbás-Qulí Khán ( the sieging general ) was heard describing the battle to a prince, comparing it to the Battle of Karbala, and himself to Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan, who slew Imam Husayn.

Husayn left Medina with his sisters, daughters, sons, brothers, and the sons of Hasan.

While the nomination issue was deliberated upon in Medina, Abdullah ibn Zubair went with Husayn to Mecca because some prominent Muslims thought that Mecca would be the best base for launching a campaign to build up public opinion against Yazid's nomination.

Alī ibn Ḥusayn son of Husayn bin Ali resided in Medina, was poisoned by Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik on 25th of Muharram, 95 AH ( approximately 23 October, 712 ).

The revolt of Husayn ibn Ali ibn Hasan broke out when Husayn declared himself caliph in Medina.

By 1805, the Wahhabis controlled Mecca and Medina, had attacked Karbala and the Imam Husayn Shrine.

Abdullah " Ali al-Asghar " (" Youngest Ali ") ibn Husayn was born in Medina.

According to Shia scholars, Husayn was also visited by a supporter with two of his sons from Basra, where Shia sentiment was limited.

He also prepared a wooden minbar ( pulpit ) and placed it in the mosque, where Raas al Imam al Husayn was buried.

It is here where many parallels with the life of his more famous grandfather, Husayn, begin.

Al-Hadi crushed the rebellion and killed Husayn and many of his followers, but Idris bin Abdallah, a cousin of Husayn, escaped and aided by Wadih, Egyptian postal manager, reached Morocco where he founded the Idrisi state.

During the Safavid period, Sistani's ancestor Sayyid Mohammad was appointed by Sultan Husayn to the office of Sheikh ul-Islam ( Leading Authority of Islam ) presiding over the Sistan province, where he then traveled with his children and settled, an event which accounts for the usage of the title " al-Sistani " in Ayatollah Sistani's own name today.

Sulayman returned to Zaragoza where, in 780, he was killed by his former friend and ally Husayn of Zaragoza.

The medieval " Tekyeh Amir Chakhmagh ", Yazd, Iran. A Tekyeh is a place where Shias gather to mourn the killing of Husayn bin Ali.

Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, where the Battle of Karbala took place

The place where the head of Husayn ibn Ali | Husayn was kept on display by Yazid I | Yazīd.

* A white pulpit – Marks the place where ‘ Alī ibn Husayn addressed the court of Yazīd after being brought from Karbalā

* A prayer rug and Mihrāb encased in a glass cubicle – Marks the place where ‘ Alī ibn Husayn used to pray while imprisoned in the castle after the Battle of Karbala

* A metallic, cuboidal indentation in the wall – Marks the place where the head of Husayn ( grandson of Muhammad ) was kept for display by Yazīd