Bakir ibn Humran al-Ahmari

بكير بن حمران الأحمري

Muslim ibn 'Aqil's killer — chosen by Ibn Ziyad to take his own vengeance for the two wounds, striking off his head atop the palace 1.

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Bukayr ibn Humran al-Ahmari, the killer of Muslim ibn Aqil. Al-Mas'udi relates that they exchanged two blows, and Muslim's sword cut through his upper lip, and Muslim struck his head. Ibn Ziyad had him taken up to the top of the palace together with Muslim, so that he might take revenge, and he struck off his neck. 1

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The killing of Muslim ibn Aqil in Kufa

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هانئ بن عروة المرادي· مسلم بن عقيل بن أبي طالب· Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad· Kufa· The killing of Muslim ibn Aqil in Kufa

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 57-58
  • The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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