Editing Hussain ibn Ali (section)

==Muslim b. ‘Aqil’s Martyrdom==
The mission of Muslim b. Aqil was initially successful. The Kufan Shiʿites visited him freely, and 18,000 men are said to have enlisted with him in support of Hussain. He wrote to Hussain, encouraging him to come swiftly to Kufa. The situation changed radically when Yazid replaced Noʿman b. Bashir by Obayd-Allah b. Ziad, ordering the latter to deal severely with Muslim b. Aqil. Obayd-Allah succeeded in intimidating the tribal chiefs. A revolt collapsed when the rebels failed to capture the governor’s palace. Muslim b. Aqil was found and delivered to Obayd-Allah, who had him beheaded on the top of the palace and his body thrown down to the crowd. [[Haniʾ b. ʿUrwa al-Muradi|Haniʾ b. Urwa]], chief of the tribe of Morad, was also crucified for having sheltered him. Yazid wrote to Obayd-Allah, commending him highly for his decisive action and ordering him to set up watches for Hussain and his supporters and to arrest them but to kill only those who would fight him.