Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn · Islam Museum

Skip to content

Depth

At a glance

Era: The Umayyad Period
Region: Levant & Iraq
Identifiers: Wikidata
Review: Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it

In space

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

Sects and schools Civil wars and revolts

Overview

Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, the eldest of Husayn's sons killed with him at Karbala; Ibn Kathir lists him among them in 61 AH ¹.

He rode out to fight before his father before falling, and his memory stands out in the Karbala elegies.

Connections

Explore the connections

Child of: Husayn ibn Ali
Died in: Karbala

People and things also explored

Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn (the infant of Karbala)· Husayn ibn Ali· Al-Qasim ibn al-Hasan· Hasan ibn Ali· Uthman ibn Ali· Zaynab bint Ali· Karbala· Ahl al-Bayt

Sources

al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya — Ibn Kathir

Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-al-akbar-ibn-al-husayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn (the infant of Karbala)

Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, the infant of Karbala; Ibn Kathir lists him as the second of Husayn's sons killed with him in 61 AH — the Twelver tradition names him Ali al-Asghar.