Editing Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi

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| name = Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi
| known for = One of Horse-riders over [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam al-Hussain]]'s Body
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| Full Name = Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi (al-Sada'i)
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| Lineage = Madhhij tribe
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| Death = 66/685
| Cause of Death = was hit with spears at the command of [[al-Mukhtar]] until he died
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| Era = [[Umayyad]]
| Known for = an archer in the army of [[Umar b. Sa'd]] in the Battle of [[Ashura]], murderer of Abd Allah b. Muslim b. Aqil
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|native_name=عَمرو بن صُبَیح الصیداوی}}
'''Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi''' (Arabic: عَمرو بن صُبَیح الصیداوی ) fought on the side of [[Omar Ibn Sa’d|Umar b. Sa'd]]'s army in the Battle of [[Karbala]]. He was involved in killing of [[Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Aqil|Abd Allah b. Muslim b. Aqil]]. He was one of those who trampled over [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam al-Hussain]]'s body in the afternoon of Ashura at the command of Umar b. Sa'd.

==Name==
Amr was in the army of Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala. His name was variously mentioned in sources as Amr b. Subayh al-Madhhiji, Amr b. Subayh al-Saydawi, and Amr b. Subayh al-Sada'i.

==In the Battle of Karbala==
According to historical sources, on the Day of Ashura, he threw an arrow with which he pinned Abd Allah b. Muslim b. Aqil's hand to his forehead. There is a disagreement about whether it was Amr who martyred Abd Allah or someone else. Amr was one of the 10 cavalries who ran over the corpse of Imam al-Hussain in the afternoon of Ashura at the command of Umar b. Sa'd and broke the Imam's back.

He is cursed in [[Ziyarah al-Shuhada']] as the murderer of Abd Allah b. Muslim b. Aqil.

==Death==
In the Uprising of [[Al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi|al-Mukhtar]] in 66/685, Amr was captured overnight while he was asleep on the roof of his house, his sword being under his head. He was taken to al-Mukhtar. Amr hit his hand to Abd Allah b. Kamil's eye who was standing beside him. He was hit with spears at the command of al-Mukhtar until he died.

==References==

*[http://en.wikishia.net/view/%27Amr_b._Subayh_al-Saydawi WikiShia, An online encyclopedia of the school of Ahl al-Bayt]

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