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Shahrbãnu

Shahrbãnu

Female Abt 625 - 658  (33 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 97 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Shahrbãnu  
    Birth Abt 625 
    Gender Female 
    Death 658 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I424079  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2009 

    Father Yazdagird von Persien, III,   b. Abt 590   d. 651, Marw Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Manyanh de Byzantie   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F101617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Husayn ibn ‘Ali, 'al-Shahid',   b. 8 Jan 626   d. 10 Oct 680, Karbala Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Ali ibn Husayn, Zaynul ‘Abidin,   b. 6 Jan 659   d. 20 Oct 712 (Age 53 years)
     2. Fatimah Sughrá   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Jafar ibn Husayn   d. 9 Oct 680, Karbala Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F228611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2007 

  • Notes 
    • "Lady of the Land"), is a personage described to have been one of the daughters of Yazdegerd III , the last Emperor of the Sassanid dynasty of Persia / Iran
      Western academic historians have cast doubt on the legend. A thorough treatment of the matter can be found in the Encyclopedia Iranica :
      "Neither do any of the scholars of ancient history that have chronicled, at times with great attention to detail, the invasion of Persia by Muslim troops and the fate of the last Sasanian sovereign and her family, establish any relationship between the wife of Imam Husayn and one of the daughters of Yazdgerd III .
      Earlier sources such as Ibn Sad and Ebn Qotayba describe Husayn's wife as a slave, originally from Sindh , and make no reference to her being a princess. The first scholar to explicitly describe her as being of the Persian royal family was the 9th Century Arab philologist Mobarrad .
      The account was subsequently greatly elaborated.

      Shi`a 's state that Shahrb was in fact Persian based on the statements of `Ali ibn Husayn and on the many poetic verses of Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali , an Arab companion of `Ali who was still alive during the time of `Ali ibn Husayn .

      Differing reports in history state that Shahrb was brought to Madinah either during the caliphate of `Umar , `Uthman , or `Ali . Based on comparisons and the study of hadith , Shi`a 's believe that it was during the caliphate of `Ali , with the appointment of Hurayth ibn J to govern the eastern provinces, that the daughters of Yazdigird III were sent to Madinah .
      Having been brought to Madinah, `Ali allowed the ladies freedom in choosing whomever they wanted to marry from the Muslims, to which Shahrb was famously reported to have replied, "I want a head over whom there is no head".

      Shahrb chose the hand of Husayn ibn `Ali in marriage and one of her sisters chose Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr . `Ali foretold the birth of the next Shi`a Imam as he said to Husayn : "Treat this lady kindly, for she will bear you the best of the people of the Earth after you. She is the mother of the trustees (of authority), the pure progeny".
      According to Shi`a belief, Shahrb died shortly after giving birth to her son Ali ibn Husayn , and was thus not present at Karbala . The eighth Twelver Shi`a Imam , Ali ar-Ridha has also been quoted as saying, "(Shahrb died during her confinement, and one of (Husayn's) slave-wives looked after him (Ali ibn Husayn). The people claimed that (the slave-wife) was his mother, while she was his retainer".
      Even amongst the Iranian scholars there has been some dispute as to the existence of a Persian princess by the title of Shahrb The scholars Ali Shariati and Ayatullah Mutahhari are amongst those who have declared that any narrations pertaining to Shahrb are weak and false. Whereas Al-Mubarrad , al-Dinawari , Allameh Tabatabaei and many others disagree, and contend that Shahrb was the mother of Ali ibn Husayn , the fourth Twelver Shi`a Imam . Narrations of Shahrb have also been reported in Sunni sources including, "Bab 27" of Qabusnama , where Salman the Persian is recounted to have been involved in the selection of Husayn by Shahrb The shrine of Shahrb can be found in ancient Rayy , in the southern suburbs of
      According to legend, Shahrb was present at the bloody Battle of Karbala . The legend tells that as the battle drew near, Husayn sat Shahrb on his famous white steed, Dhul Janah , and bid her to return to her homeland in Persia . Husayn was quoted to have said, "You are a princess and not one of us, nor is this your war." Riding the light-footed steed, Shahrb was carried to the heart of Persia and the city of Rayy . There the enemy caught up with her, as she ran into a sheer cliff of a mountain. At this point, the legend maintained that the mountain cracked open and swallowed her and the steed up into itself - thus her shrine is found where it is today.
      However it can be certain that this is only a legend as Husayn was riding on Dhul Janah till the very last moments before his death in the Battle of Karbala



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