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==Zuhayr's Fame Among People of Kufa== | ==Zuhayr's Fame Among People of Kufa== | ||
Zuhayr was known as a brave, distinguished and prominent figure of Kufa. Thus he was challenged to individual battles by Salim and Yasar—servants of Ziyad b. Abih and Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad—who were chanting paeans. When [[ | Zuhayr was known as a brave, distinguished and prominent figure of Kufa. Thus he was challenged to individual battles by Salim and Yasar—servants of Ziyad b. Abih and Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad—who were chanting paeans. When [[Abd Allah b. 'Umayr al-Kalbi|Abd Allah b. Umayr al-Kalbi]] went to fight with them, they told him: "we do not know you. Let Zuhayr b. al-Qayn or Habib b. Muzahir come and fight with us".<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 327; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 101.</ref> Zuhayr raised to smash them, but Imam al-Hussain did not let him go, and sent Abd Allah b. 'Umayr to fight them. | ||
==Preventing the Attack on Imam's Camps== | ==Preventing the Attack on Imam's Camps== | ||