The Third Imām (Husayn bin ‘Alī)

The Third Imām (Husayn bin ‘AlÄ«)

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 Name:             Husayn.

Agnomen:       Abu ‘Abdillah.

Title:               Sayyidu ‘sh-Shuhadā.

Father:           ‘Ali bin Abi Tālib.

Mother:           Fātimah, daughter of the Prophet.

Birth:              3 Sha’bān 4 A.H. in Medina.

Death:             10 Muharram 61 A.H. in Karbala, Iraq.