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'''Ammar b. Mu`awiya''' (d. 133) was the author of an account on the [[martyrdom]] of [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain]].
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|Native name=عمار ابن معاویه}}'''Ammar b. Mu`awiya''' (d. 133) was the author of an account on the [[martyrdom]] of [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain]].


==the Battle of Karbala==
==the Battle of Karbala==
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From the little that has survived of Jabir's account, it is difficult to assess his work; but what remains does call into question the account of his contemporary, Ammar b. Mu`awiya al-Duhni.<ref>Seen. 3.</ref>
From the little that has survived of Jabir's account, it is difficult to assess his work; but what remains does call into question the account of his contemporary, Ammar b. Mu`awiya al-Duhni.<ref>Seen. 3.</ref>


This narrative is reported by [[al-Tabari]], and `Ammar claims to be reporting on the authority of the [[Imam al-Baqir]].
This narrative is reported by [[al-Tabari]], and `Ammar claims to be reporting on the authority of the [[Mohammad al-Baqir|Imam al-Baqir]].


The report begins with a vivid introduction in which Ammar says that he asked the Imam al-Baqir to tell him about the death of [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain]] so that it might be as if he was there himself. What follows is an account which agrees in its basic outline with the version of [[Ibn al-Kalbi]], while being much shorter and briefer.
The report begins with a vivid introduction in which Ammar says that he asked the Imam al-Baqir to tell him about the death of [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain]] so that it might be as if he was there himself. What follows is an account which agrees in its basic outline with the version of [[Ibn al-Kalbi]], while being much shorter and briefer.
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==Source==
==Source==
* [http://alhassanain.org/english/?com=book&id=111 A. Howard, Arabic Accounts of al-Husayn's Martyrdom]
 
*[http://alhassanain.org/english/?com=book&id=111 A. Howard, Arabic Accounts of al-Husayn's Martyrdom]


==Refrence==
==Refrence==
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[[Category: Islamic History]]
[[Category: Islamic History]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Historians]]
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