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Shimr, the Glossary

Abū al-Sābigha Shamir ibn Dhī al-Jawshan (أبو السابغة شمر بن ذي الجوشن), often known as Shamir or Shimar, was an Arab military commander from Kufa who killed Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in 680.^[1]

37 relations: Abbas ibn Ali, Abu Amra Kaysan, Al-Andalus, Al-Jazira (caliphal province), Ali, Ali al-Sajjad, Ashura, Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri, Banu Amir, Banu Kalb, Banu Kilab, Basra, Battle of Karbala, Battle of Siffin, Berber Revolt, Bilad al-Sham, First Fitna, Hawazin, Hujr ibn Adi, Husayn ibn Ali, Karbala, Kufa, Mu'awiya I, Muhammad, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, Muslim ibn Aqil, Qays, Rashidun army, Rashidun Caliphate, Safe conduct, Second Fitna, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, Umar ibn Sa'd, Umayyad Caliphate, Umm al-Banin, Ziyad ibn Abihi.
Banu Kilab
Battle of Karbala

Abbas ibn Ali

Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (ٱلْعَبَّاس ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب, 15 May 647 10 October 680 CE), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl (lit), was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashid caliph in Sunni Islam and the first Imam Shia Islam.

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Abu Amra Kaysan

Abū ʿAmra Kaysān was a prominent Persian mawlā (pl. mawālī; non-Arab convert to Islam in early caliphate history) during the Second Muslim Civil War.

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Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Al-Jazira (caliphal province)

Al-Jazira (الجزيرة), also known as Jazirat Aqur or Iqlim Aqur, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, spanning at minimum most of Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira proper), divided between the districts of Diyar Bakr, Diyar Rabi'a and Diyar Mudar, and at times including Mosul, Arminiya and Adharbayjan as sub-provinces.

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Ali

Ali ibn Abi Talib (translit) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 to 661, as well as the first Shia imam.

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Ali al-Sajjad

Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad (translit, 712), also known as Zayn al-Abidin (lit) was the great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the fourth imam in Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle, Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Shimr and ali al-Sajjad are 7th-century Arab people.

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Ashura

Ashura is a day of commemoration in Islam.

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Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri

Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri was an Umayyad military commander in the Maghreb (North Africa) and al-Andalus (Iberia), and briefly became the ruler of al-Andalus in 742 until his death in August of the same year.

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Banu Amir

The Banu Amir (translit) was a large and ancient Arab tribe originating from Western Arabia that dominated Najd for centuries after the rise of Islam.

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Banu Kalb

The Banu Kalb (Banū Kalb) was an Arab tribe which mainly dwelt in the desert and steppe of northwestern Arabia and central Syria.

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Banu Kilab

The Banu Kilab (Banū Kilāb) was an Arab tribe in the western Najd (central Arabia) where they controlled the horse-breeding pastures of Dariyya from the mid-6th century until at least the mid-9th century.

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Basra

Basra (al-Baṣrah) is a city in southern Iraq.

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Battle of Karbala

The Battle of Karbala (maʿraka Karbalāʾ) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at Karbala, Sawad (modern-day southern Iraq).

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Battle of Siffin

The Battle of Siffin (translit) was fought in 657 CE (37 AH) between the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and the rebellious governor of Syria Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan.

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Berber Revolt

The Berber Revolt or the Kharijite Revolt of 740–743 AD (122–125 AH in the Islamic calendar) took place during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik and marked the first successful secession from the Arab caliphate (ruled from Damascus).

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Bilad al-Sham

Bilad al-Sham (Bilād al-Shām), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates.

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First Fitna

The First Fitna was the first civil war in the Islamic community.

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Hawazin

The Hawazin (هوازن / ALA-LC: Hawāzin) were an Arab tribe originally based in the western Najd and around Ta'if in the Hejaz.

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Hujr ibn Adi

Ḥujr ibn ʿAdī al-Kindī (حُجْر بن عَدِيّ ٱلْكِنْدِيّ) was a supporter of Ali, the fourth Rashidun Caliph for Sunni Muslims and the first Imam for Shia Muslims.

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Husayn ibn Ali

Imam Husayn ibn Ali (translit; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a social, political and religious leader.

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Karbala

Karbala or Kerbala (Karbalāʾ) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake.

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Kufa

Kufa (الْكُوفَة), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf.

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Mu'awiya I

Mu'awiya I (Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. Shimr and Muhammad are 7th-century Arab people.

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Mukhtar al-Thaqafi

Al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd al-Thaqafi (translit; – 3 April 687) was a pro-Alid revolutionary based in Kufa, who led a rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate in 685 and ruled over most of Iraq for eighteen months during the Second Fitna. Shimr and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi are 7th-century Arab people.

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Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr

Mu'sab ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam al-Asadi (translit; died October 691) was the governor of Basra in 686–691 for his brother, the Mecca-based counter-caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, during the Second Fitna. Shimr and Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr are 7th-century Arab people.

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Muslim ibn Aqil

Muslim ibn Aqil al-Hashimi (Muslim ibn ʿAqīl al-Hāshimī) was a relative of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Shimr and Muslim ibn Aqil are 7th-century Arab people.

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Qays

Qays ʿAylān (قيس عيلان), often referred to simply as Qays (Kais or Ḳays) were an Arab tribal confederation that branched from the Mudar group.

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Rashidun army

The Rashidun army was the core of the Rashidun Caliphate's armed forces during the early Muslim conquests in the 7th century.

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Rashidun Caliphate

The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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Safe conduct

Safe conduct, safe passage, or letters of transit, is the situation in time of international conflict or war where one state, a party to such conflict, issues to a person (usually an enemy state's subject) a pass or document to allow the enemy alien to traverse its territory without harassment, bodily harm, or fear of death.

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Second Fitna

The Second Fitna was a period of general political and military disorder and civil war in the Islamic community during the early Umayyad Caliphate.

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Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (translit) was the Umayyad governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I and Yazid I, and the leading general of the Umayyad army under caliphs Marwan I and Abd al-Malik. Shimr and Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad are 7th-century Arab people.

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Umar ibn Sa'd

ʿUmar ibn Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas (died 686) was a son of prophet Muhammad's companion, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. Shimr and Umar ibn Sa'd are 7th-century Arab people.

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Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.

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Umm al-Banin

Fāṭima bint Ḥuzām, better known as ʾUmm al-Banīn (lit), was a wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashidun caliph and the first Shia Imam. Shimr and Umm al-Banin are Banu Kilab.

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Ziyad ibn Abihi

Abu al-Mughira Ziyad ibn Abihi (Abū al-Mughīra Ziyād ibn Abīhi), also known as Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān), was an administrator and statesman of the successive Rashidun and Umayyad caliphates in the mid-7th century. Shimr and Ziyad ibn Abihi are 7th-century Arab people.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimr

Also known as Shemr, Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan, Shimr ibn Dhi 'l-Jawshan.

Shimr, the Glossary

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See also

Banu Kilab

Battle of Karbala

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