Table of Contents

Preface Translator's Foreword The Events of the Year 60 (cont'd) (680) The Attack of 'Amr b. al-Zubayr The Kufans' Invitation to Husayn and the Mission of Muslim b. 'Aqil Continuation of 'Ammar al-Duhni's Account from AbuJa'far Abu Mikhnaf's Account Al-Husayn's Departure from Mecca for al-Kufah Continuation of 'Ammar al-Duhni's Account from AbuJa'far The Events of the Year 61 (6801681) The Names of the Banu Hashim Killed with al-Husayn and the Number of Those Killed from Every Tribe Which Fought against Him The Death of Mirdas b. 'Amr b. Hudayr The Appointment of Salm b. Ziyad Yazid's Dismissal of 'Amr b. Sa'id as Governor of Medina and His Appointment of al-Walid b. 'Utbah The Events of the Year 62 (681/682) The Arrival of a Delegation of the People of Medina to Yazid b. Mu'awiyah The Events of the Year 63 (682/683) The Events of the Year 64 (683/684) The Death of Muslim b. 'Uqbah and the Bombardment and Burning of the Ka'bah The Cause of the Burning of the Ka'bah The Number of Yazid b. Mu'awiyah's Sons Bibliography of Cited Works Index