At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Identifiers
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Life in time
In space
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Place in the story
shia-twelver (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Shaykh Abu 'Ali al-Hasan ibn Zuhra al-Husayni the naqib; head of the Shi'a of Aleppo — their might, their prestige and their scholar, versed in the readings, Arabic, history and fiqh on the sect's view; he was marked for the vizierate and went as envoy to Iraq and elsewhere; he died in 620 and the Shi'a were shattered by his death. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Byzantine capture of Aleppo· Conquest of Aleppo (15 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 87
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “ابن زهرة الحسيني”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-zuhra-al-husayni/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.