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Kurdus b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi
Native nameکُرْدُوس بن زُهیر بن حرث التغلبی
Full NameKurdus b. Zuhayr b. Harth al-Taghlibi
Companion ofImam al-Hussain
Death/Martyrdom61/680
Cause of
Death/Martyrdom
Martyrdom in the Battle of Karbala
Burial PlaceThe Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain, Karbala, Iraq

Martyred on the day of Ashura, Kurdus b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi was a companion of Imam Ali.

Companion of Imam Ali

Kurdus b. Zuhayr is referred to as Kurdus, son of the chief of Taghlib tribe.[1] He was a companion of Imam Ali who attended the battles of Jamal, Siffin, and Nahrawan  along with him.

In the book, al-Mazar, by al-Shahid al-Awwal[2], and Bihar al-anwar[3] he is mentioned as Kursh.

Martydom

He was also a member of Imam Hussain’s military force in Kufa.[4] Before Imam Hussain's arrival in Karbala, he and his brothers, Qasit and Muqsit joined the Imam’s army. He was martyred on the Day of Ashura. It is said that he was martyred in the first attack of Umar b. Sa'd's army.[5]

He is mentioned in Ziarat al-Shuhada: "peace be upon Qasit and Kurdus, the sons of Zuhayr al-Taghlibi".[6]

Source

References

  1. Naṣr b. Muzāḥīm al-Minqarī, Waqʿat Ṣiffīn, p. 478.
  2. Shahīd al-Awwal, al-Mazār, p. 153.
  3. Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 98, p. 273.
  4. Samāwī, Ibṣār al-ʿayn, p. 200.
  5. Samāwī, Ibṣār al-ʿayn, p. 200.
  6. Ibn Mashhadī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, p. 494.