خولي بن يزيد الأصبحي
خولي بن يزيد الأصبحي
A Himyarite said to have finished al-Husayn at Karbala and borne his head to Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, boasting in rajaz: 'load my mount with silver or gold — I have slain the veiled king, the best of men in mother and father' 1.
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- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
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A man of Himyar. A report in al-Suyuti's Tarikh al-Khulafa' says that he finished off al-Husayn on the day of Karbala', cut off his head and brought it to Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. 1
The source attributes to him verses that he said about it. The report is a single account in the source and needs an additional source.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 341-342
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