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Kurdus b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi

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Companion of Imam AliEdit

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.

MartydomEdit

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]

SourceEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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.
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