the ledger of connections
The Connections of Husayn ibn Ali
Grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680) Every person recorded alongside Husayn ibn Ali in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Husayn ibn Ali in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Fatima
- Spouses
- Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi, Shahrbanu, Umm Ishaq bint Talhah, Rubab bint Imra al-Qais, Atika bint Zayd
- Children
- Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin, Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, Ruqayyah bint Husayn, Fatima al-Sughra bint al-Husayn, Sakina bint Husayn, Kholat bint Husayn, Safia bint Husayn
- Siblings
- Hasan ibn Ali, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Ruqayya bint Ali, Zaynab bint Ali, Muhammad al-Awsat ibn Ali, Ja'far ibn Ali, Abbas ibn Ali, محسنؑ ابنِ علیؑ Mohsinؑ ibn Aliؑ, Abdullah ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, Ubayd Allah ibn Ali ibn Abdullah
- Students
- Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 626 CE to 680 CE.
Medieval era
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people
Medieval era
Abu Bakr
October 27, 573 CE – August 23, 634 CE
1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad
Medieval era
Hasan ibn Ali
March 1, 625 CE – 669 CE
5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
Medieval era
Muawiya I
603 CE – 680 CE
Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)
Medieval era
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
646 CE – October 9, 705 CE
Umayyad caliph from 685 to 705
Medieval era
Al-Walid I
668 CE – February 23, 715 CE
Umayyad caliph
Medieval era
Tariq ibn Ziyad
670 CE – 720 CE
8th-century Muslim general
Medieval era
Raja Dahir
663 CE – 712 CE
Ruler of Sindh (663–712)
Medieval era
Penda of Mercia
606 CE – November 15, 655 CE
7th-century King of Mercia
Medieval era
Oswald of Northumbria
604 CE – August 5, 642 CE
King of Northumbria
Medieval era
Edwin of Northumbria
586 CE – October 12, 633 CE
King of Deira and Bernicia
Medieval era
Musa ibn Nusayr
640 CE – 716 CE
Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)