Bishr ibn al-Ḥasan ( ar, بشر بن الحسن) was a great-grandson of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
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. He was the son of second Shia Imam
Hasan ibn Ali
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. He is considered to be one of the
martyrs of the Battle of Karbala, although no record describes the circumstances surrounding his death by enemy forces.
The first instance of Bishr ibn Hasan to be listed among the martyrs of Karbala was by
Shia
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scholar
Ibn Shahrashub Zayn al-Dīn Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Shahrāshūb ibn Abī Naṣr ibn Abī al-Jaysh, more commonly known simply as Ibn Shahrāshūb, died 1192, was a literate Shia commentator, traditionist and jurist. He was an early eminent schola ...
. Of Hasan ibn Ali's twenty sons, seven participated in the battle, among them Bishr ibn Hasan. All but one brother was killed during the battle. In his account of their deaths, Shahrashub writes on Bishr: "... and it has been said that Bishr has been martyred, too."
Among Bishr ibn Hasan's brothers who were present at the event of
Ashura
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were Amr (who was killed in the event at Karbala when he was a child),
Hasan (better known as 'Hasan al-Muthanna'),
Qasim (who was also considered to be one of the martyrs of Karbala),
Abd Allah
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(Abd Allah al-Asghar).
Imam Hasan
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See also
*List of casualties in Husayn's army at the Battle of Karbala
This article contains the list of casualties of Husayn ibn Ali's relatives and companions in the Battle of Karbala. The battle took place on Friday Muharram 10, in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680 CE) in Karbala, situated ...
*Husayn ibn Ali
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Ab ...
*Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala ( ar, مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء) 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 Husa ...
* Sayyid
''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Prophets in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali ...
* Arba'een Pilgrimage
The Arba'een Pilgrimage, or the Arba'een Walk or Karbala Walk, is the world's largest annual public gathering. It is held at Karbala, Iraq at the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual for the commemoration of ...
* Banu Hashim
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, nisba = al-Hashimi
, location = Mecca, Hejaz Middle East, North Africa, Horn of Africa
, descended = Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
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References
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People killed at the Battle of Karbala
Shia Islam