Darghama b. Malik al-Taghlibi

Darghama b. Malik al-Taghlibi is one of the martyrs of Karbala who went to Karbala after the martyrdom of Muslim b. Aqil and joined the army of Imam Hussain.

Darghama b. Malik al-Taghlibi
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Native nameضَرْغامة بن مالِک التَغْلِب
Full NameḌarghama b. Malik al-Taghlibi
Companion ofImam al-Hussain
Well Known Asal-Taghlibi
LineageBanu Taghlib Tribe
Death/Martyrdom61/680
Cause of
Death/Martyrdom
Battle of Karbala

LineageEdit

He is known as "al-Taghlibi" because of his attribution to Banu Taghlib[1]. Banu Taghlib was a tribe originating from Taghlib b. Wa'il b. Qasit. [2]

MartyrdomEdit

Darghama b. Malik was one of the Kufan Shi'as who pledged allegiance to Muslim b. Aqil. After Muslim's martyrdom, since the ways out of Kufa were blocked, he disguised as the enemy's clothes and left Kufa in their company.[3] He then joined Imam Hussain in Karbala.

On the day of Ashura, he injured and killed some enemies during the battle.[4] He was martyred in the first battle on Ashura.[5] It is said that he declaimed the following during the battle:

Prepare for Malik Dargham

The blow of a young man who defends dignified people

He hopes for a full reward from God[6]

The Exalted, the Owner, and the Omniscient.[7]

Peace is sent to him in the Ziarat al-Shuhada[8]' as well as in al-Ziarat al-Rajabiyya for Imam Hussain[9] as this: "peace be upon Darghama b. Malik".

SourceEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. Mamaqānī, Tanqīḥ al-maqāl, vol. 2, p. 106.
  2. Samʿānī, al-Ansāb, vol. 1, p. 469.
  3. Kamaraʾī, ʿUnṣur-i shujāʿat, vol. 3, p. 3.
  4. Samāwī, Ibṣār al-ʿayn, vol. 1, p. 199. Jump up↑
  5. Ibn Shahrāshūb, al-Manāqib, vol. 3, p. 232.
  6. Ibn Shahrāshūb, al-Manāqib, vol. 3, p. 253.
  7. Maʿa al-rakb al-Ḥusaynī, vol. 4, p. 170.
  8. Ibn al-Mashhadī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, p. 494.
  9. Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, vol. 2, p. 714.