ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAqīl (Arabic: عبد الله بن عقیل) was among

Husayn ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 Common Era, CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alids, Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib ibn Abd a ...

's companions who was martyred at the

Battle of Karbala The Battle of Karbala () was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 Hijri year, AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad caliph Yazid I () and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, th ...

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Aqil ibn Abi Talib ʿAqīl ibn Abī Ṭālib (lit. "Aqil the Son of Abu Talib"; full name , ), , was a cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an elder brother of Ali and Ja'far ibn Abi Talib.. Having fought on the side of the Qurayshi rulers of Mecca against ...

had two children named Abd Allah, Abd Allah al-Akbar (the older) and Abd Allah al-Asghar (the younger). Some sources stated that both of his sons were martyred in the Battle of Karbala. This Abd Allah is Abd Allah Akbar. Abd Allah married Maymuna, the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib.

In the Battle of Karbala

His name is mentioned in Ziyarat Shuhada as Abu Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Aqil.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abd Allah ibn Aqil People killed at the Battle of Karbala 600s births 680 deaths Year of birth uncertain Husayn ibn Ali Hussainiya