* As a Shia, the early Muslims whom Khomeini looked to were Ali ibn Abī Tālib and Husayn ibn Ali, not Caliphs Abu Bakr, Omar or Uthman.

According to Ali ibn al-Athir, a Kurdish historian of the 12th century, Charlemagne received the envoys of Sulayman al-Arabi, Husayn, and Abu Taur at the Diet of Paderborn in 777.

In particular, Shia Islamic plays revolved around the shaheed ( martyrdom ) of Ali's sons Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali.

* 680: Battle of Karbala took place near Kufa which led to killing of Husayn ibn Ali and the division of Muslim community.

* Ali ibn Husayn, great grandson of Muhammad and Shī ‘ ah Imām

* Tahir ibn Husayn, founder of the Persian Tahirid dynasty

* Ali ibn Husayn, great-grandson of Prophet Muhammad and fourth Shia Imam

* Ali ibn Husayn, great-grandson of Prophet Muhammad and fourth Shia Imam

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.

This was through her marriage to Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.

Interestingly, Sakina, or Sakina bint Husayn, was also the name of the youngest female child of Husayn ibn Ali, ostensibly the first girl in recorded history to be given the name.

His daughter Shahrbanu is believed to be the wife of Husayn ibn Ali ; his other daughter Izdundad was married to Bustanai ben Haninai, the Jewish exilarch.

That city had fallen and then in July, Abdullah, the eldest son of the Hashemite leader and Sharif of Mecca Husayn ibn Ali, was sent with seventy men to Tā ' if.

Tensions between the King of the Hejaz, Husayn ibn Ali, and Abdulaziz al-Saud, Sultan of Nejd, soon broke out into violence.

* Several Tekyehs: traditional places for mourning Muharram ceremonies for Husayn ibn Ali.

This was through her marriage to Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.

* Imam Husayn Mosque, Karbala – according to Shī ‘ ah belief, the head and body of Husayn ibn Ali, along with all others who fell at the Battle of Karbala are buried here.

Very similar practices exist in non-Roman Catholic traditions, including actual flagellation amongst Shiites ( commemorating the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali ), as well as traditions such as whipping women ( while spanking men ) in a Taoist temple on the Chinese New Year.

*' Ali ibn Husayn ( Zayn al-Abidin ), fourth infallible imam in Shi ' a thought, grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib

* October 10 – Husayn bin Ali ( The Martyr ), grandson of Muhammad ( see Battle of Karbala )

* Fatimah bint Husayn, daughter of Husayn bin Ali

* Husayn Ali Qa ' id al-Ba ' dani

* Ta ' ziya -- a Shiite Muslim passion play ( ta ' zieh ) commemorating the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali

On the to Kufa, Husayn received the report of Muslim ibn Aqeel's death at the hands of Yazid's men and that the Kufans had changed their loyalties to Yazid, pledging support to him against Husayn and his followers.

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.

Husayn ibn Ali received thousands of letters from people of Kufa stating that they were rejecting their governor and asking him to come and serve as their Imam.

When Husayn received a request from the men of Kufa to come and lead them, Abdullah urged him not to go unless the Kufans first overthrew their Umayyad magistrates.

At the age of 28, Bahá ' u ' lláh received a messenger, Mullá Husayn, telling him of the Báb, whose message he accepted, becoming a Bábí.

To convince Husayn to come they sent him seven messengers with bags of letters of support by Kufan warriors and tribal leaders.

Husayn wrote the Kufans and told them that he understood from their letters that they had no imam and they wished him to come to unite them by the correct guidance.

There followed hundreds of other letters and many special emissaries from the people of Kufa to Husayn ibn Ali.

Iran's stated conditions for ceasing hostilities, namely the removal of Saddam Husayn and the Baath from power, however, have been unacceptable.

During his early meetings with Mullá Husayn, the Báb described himself as the Master and the Promised One ; he did not consider himself just Siyyid Kazim's successor, but claimed a prophetic status, with a sense of deputyship delegated to him not just from the Hidden Imam, but from Divine authority ; His early texts, such as the Commentary on the Surih of Joseph, used Quranic language that implied divine authority and identified himself effectively with the Imam.

It has also been narrated from Ja ‘ far as-Sādiq, the 6th Imām, that Imām ‘ Alī Mosque is the third of five holy places: Makkah, Madīnah, Imām ‘ Alī Mosque in Najaf, Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbalā, and the Shrine for Fātimah-daughter of Mūsā al-Kādhim in Qom.

For a long time, after Husayn ibn Ali, the information and teachings of ' faqr ', tasawwuf or Sufism, kept on transferring from heart to heart.

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

According to Shaykh Saduq, Husayn's son, Ali ibn Husayn, took it back from Shaam and returned it to Karbala.

When the Abbasids took power from the Umayyads, in the garb of taking revenge of Ahl al-Bayt, they also confiscated the head Husayn and proved to be worse enemies than the Umayyads.

He thus tried to completely eliminate the sign of the sacred place of Ziyarat ; he transferred the head of Husayn to Ashkelon ( located from the Gaza Strip and south of Tel Aviv, Israel ) in secrecy, so that the pilgrims could not find the place.

The W ’ ali of the city of Ashkelon, Al Amir Sayf al Mamlaka Tamim along with the custodian of the Mashhad, Qazi Mohammad bin Miskin, took out the buried casket of Raas al Imam al Husayn from the Mashhad, and with due respect and great reverence, on Sunday 8 Jumada al-Thani, 548 ( 31 August 1153 ) carried the head from the city of Ashkelon to Qahera, Egypt.

During the golden era of the Fatimid Caliphate, on the day of Ashurah, every year the people of Egypt from far and near used to gather and offer sacrifices of camels, cows, goats in the name of Allah, recite Marsiyah-elegies and pronounced L ’ anat ( curse ) loudly on Yazid, Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan, ibn Ziyad and other murderers of Husayn, the Ahl al Bait and the Ans ’ ar of Husayn.

A few years ago, the 52nd Fatamid / Ismaili / Mustali / Dawoodi Bohra Dai Mohammed Burhanuddin, built a marble platform, as per traditional Fatamid architectural design, at the site, on the ground behind the Barzilai Hospital, Ashkelon and since then thousands of devotees have come from across the world, year round to pay tribute to Husayn.

* Husayn is from me and I am from him.

The nearby river ( Forat ) was also blocked by Ubayd-Allah ibn Ziyad men and Husayn and his companions were not allowed to get any water from it.

However ever since the post-Hashemite era began, the term sayyid has been used to denote descendants from both Hasan and Husayn.

Arab Shiites use the terms sayyid and habib to denote descendants from both Hasan and Husayn ; see also ashraf.

In addition, some individuals adopted Chinese surnames that sound similar to their names, such as Hu from Husaiyin 胡赛因 " Husayn ( Hussain, Hussein, etc.

In the meantime, Sultan Husayn was confronted by other rebellions resulting from his religious policy.

The Alids are the dynasties descended from Ali ibn Abi Talib, son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ( see Family tree of Muhammad and Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali ).

However ever since the post-Hashemite era began, the term sayyid has been used to denote descendants from both Hasan and Husayn.