THE STORY OF KARBALA - PART 3/2

HUSAYN AT THE PLAIN OF KARBALA

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Husayn and his caravan arrived at this place on the 2nd of Muharram in the year 61 A.H. (Oct 2, 680 A.D.). He purchased the land off the owners, a tribe by the name of Banu Asad, and then made a gift of it back to them with three promises:

• that after the battle and eventual killing of his companions (and himself, of course) the Banu Asad would come and bury them.
• that they would leave the gravesites alone and not cultivate that land, and,
• that when pilgrims would come to visit the garve, they would be hospitable to them and keep the visitors as their guests for three days.

Husayn's arrival at Karbala on the 2nd of Muharram (and other details of the next few days' events) in the 61st year of Hijra is reported by the following listed historians:

SUNNI HISTORIANS:

• AbulFida in his Tareekh
• Ibn Atheer in his Tarikh Kamil
• Tabari in his monumental History, see vol XIX, translated into English by I.K.a.Howard, published by the State University of New York, Albany, 1990
• Sh. Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlavi in Sirrus-Shahadatayn
  

SHI'A HISTORIANS:

• Hisham bin Muhammad al-Kalbi
• Y'aqoobi in his Tarikh Ibn Wadhih
• Sh. Mufeed in his Kitab al-Irshad, translated into English by I.K.A. Howard, Muhammadi Trust, London, 1981
• Shaher Ashoob in his MANAQIB
  

MAQTAL LITERATURE:

• Abul Faraj Isfahani's MAQAATIL AT-TALIBIYEEN (Sunni)
• Mulla Wa'iz Kahifi's Raudhat As-Shuhada (Sunni)
• Allama Qazwini's RIADHUL QUDS
• Muqarram in his MAQTAL (a 20th century publication)

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