Editing Tadhkirah al- Shuhada (section)

== Abstract of book ==
In the preface of Tadhkirah al-Shuhada, Sharif Kashani explains how  the text of the book was organized. According to him, the book consists of twelve chapters as follows:

* First chapter: the quality of accepting [[martyrdom]] in the world of preexistence 
* Second chapter: Some characteristics and virtues of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam Hussain]]
* Third chapter: Mentioning some mourning ceremonies and encouraging to cry for him.

* Fourth chapter: The departure of the Hadrat from Medina to Mecca.
* Fifth chapter: His Departure from Mecca to [[Kufa]].
* Sixth chapter:  his  arrival to Karbala
* Seventh chapter: The martyrdom of some of his companions
* Eighth chapter: The martyrdom of  [[Muslim b. Aqil b. Abi Talib|Aqeel]]’s children and Jafar’s children
* Ninth chapter: The martyrdom of Imam Hassan's children (in four sections)

* Tenth chapter: Martyrdom of Imam Hussain's children (in two sections)

* Eleventh chapter: The martyrdom of the sons of [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] in three sections:

First: The Martyrdom of Some of Imam Hussain's Brothers

Second : The Martyrdom of [[Abbas B. Ali B. Abu Taleb|Abbas]]

Third : The Martyrdom of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Abi Abd Allah]]

* Twelfth chapter: - Some events after the martyrdom (in five sections)

* Conclusion<ref>Sharif Kashani, vol. 1, pp. 4-5</ref>

From the mentioned titles, the first to the tenth one  as well as the first and second parts of the eleventh title constitute the content of the first volume.  The third part of the eleventh chapter and the twelfth chapter, in addition to two other independent texts, constitute the content of the second volume of the book Tadhkirah al-Shuhada. And those two independent texts are as follows:

“Manazel” is a description of the locations of the places mentioned in the text

And poems describing the events of Ashura and Karbala, entitled: Gozide-e- Golzar-e- Asrar (means "Selection of secrets Land”) This is among the author's writings and it is the content of the second volume of the book Tadhkirah al-Shuhada.

At the end of each volume of the book, there is a list of concordance and a detailed list of topics discussed in  that volume. Additionally, the list of the refrences used to write the book can be seen at the end of the second volume. 

The content of the first three chapters of the book is on glorifying the character of Imam Hussain and the gatherings in which the tragedy of Imam Hussain is mentioned and people are encouraged to cry for him. To achieve such a goal, Sharif Kashani wrote headlines such as:

" Adam and the event of Karbala, Jesus and the apostles in the land of Karbala, offering the soil of Karbala as a present to the [[Prophet Muhammad|Prophet Mohammad]] by Gabriel, angels helping Imam Hussain as he left Medina, the lament of the jinn in the Imam's tribulation, the mourning of the wild beasts of Karbala".<ref>Sharif Kashani, vol. 1, pp. 77-138</ref>

The fourth to sixth titles (or chapters) are the historical narrations from the departure of Imam Hussain from Mecca to Medina and then to Kufa until the Ashura night In a part of the sixth chapter, Sharif Kashani quotes from Ibn Jozi, regarding the number of the enemy army and the number of Imam Hussain's companions: "It is strange that Ibn Jawzi wrote the number of the enemy’s army as four thousand and stated that when Imam Hussain entered Karbala, there was not more than forty-five cavalry and one hundred infantry, but it is narrated that a thousand people were with him. The author [Sharif Kashani] says that the total number of that Imam’s army, when he left Mecca was seventy-seven; there were seventeen of his children and nephews, and sixty of his companions, and some of them joined him while they were at different residence during the journey. However, some people separated from him in [[Zubala|Zubala Manzel]], and some people left him on the Ashura night, and ninety people from Bani Assad, under the guidance of Habib ibn Mazahir, joined him on the seventh night of Muharram to help him who was blocked by Omar’s army, so they came back."<ref>Sharif Kashani, vol. 1, pp. 261-262</ref>

From the seventh chapter onwards, the events of Ashura are carefully narrated as the martyrs of Ashura. This is where the title of the book makes sense and different narrations are presented about the manner of martyrdom of each of the martyrs.

In other words, each of the chapaters from theseventh one onwards is dedicated to expressing the martyrdom of a group of martyrs on Ashura. These chapters begin with the description of "the martyrdom of some of the companions of the Imam" (Chapter 7) and continue until the description of "The Martyrdom of Abi Al-Fadl Al-Abbas" in the second part of the eleventh chapter and finally it ends with a description of " the martyrdom of Sayyid al-Shuhada" in the third part of the eleventh chapter, which is the beginning of the second volume of the book Tadhkirahal-Shuhada.

The chapter begins with the following words: "Know that if the whole world turns to a sea and all these seas and trees turn to pencils and all the jinn, angels and human beings become writers to write about the virtues, characteristics and glory of Muhammad, as well as the greatness, the degrees of knowledge, the secrets of oppression, the secrets and the points of martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, they will never be able to do that until the Day of Resurrection. "<ref>Sharif Kashani, Volume 2, pp. 6-7</ref>

Finally, the second volume of Tadhkirah al-Shuhada ends with a poem "Describing the martyrdom of that Imam" written by the author which begins with these verses:
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|برای سجده حق، بر زمین شد
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|چو آن صدر جهان از صدر زین شد
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|چو او می دید انوار جمالش 
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|سه ساعت بی خود از خود بود حالش
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|چو موسی گشت مدهوش و فنایش
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|ز تابشهای خورشید لقایش
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When that Imam fell from the saddle

Actually fell to the ground to prostrate

He was unconscious for three hours

When he saw the Greatness and Beauty of God

Through the rays of the sun

Like Moses, he became intoxicated and perished »