Editing Abbas B. Ali B. Abu Taleb (section)

==The Battle of Karbala==
As in the case of other martyrs of Karbala, the heroic conduct and death of this outstanding figure have given rise, in both Sunni and Shiʿi circles, to legendary accounts from which it is very hard to unravel the historical truth. The major difficulty arises from the fact that the main primary sources on the events of [[Karbala]] ([[Tabari]] and Baladhori) do not mention the details of Abbas’s death. A brief reference by [[Shaykh al-Mufid]] says that, in the ultimate episode of the battle, Abbas went together with Hussain toward the river; separated from his brother, he fought boldly before being killed.