الحر الرياحي: أمقاتل أنت هذا الرجل؟
عمر ابن سعد: اي والله.. قتال أيسره أن تطيح فيه الرؤوس وتسقط الأيدي

".. a reminder of the blood stained field of Kerbela, where the grandson of the Apostle of God fell at length, tortured by thirst and sorrounded by the bodies of his murdered kinsmen, has been at anytime since then sufficient to evoke, even in the most lukewarm and heedless, the deepest emotions, the most frantic grief, and an exaltation of spirit before which pain, danger, and death shrink to unconsidered trifles."

Sir Thomas Adams. Professor of Arabic and oriental studies at the University of Cambridge. London. 1919. 'A Literary History of Persia'. Page 227.


"In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader."

Edward Gibbon. British historian (considered the greatest of his time). London. 1911. 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. Volume 5. Pages 391-392.


"Hussein accepted and set out from Mecca with his family and an entourage of about seventy followers. But on the plain of Kerbela they were caught in an ambush set by the ... caliph, Yazid. Though defeat was certain, Hussein refused to pay homage to him. Sorrounded by a great enemy force, Hussein and his company existed without water for ten days in the burning desert of Kerbela. Finally Hussein, the adults and some male children of his family and his companions were cut to bits by the arrows and swords of Yazid's army; his women and remaining children were taken as captives to Yazid in Damascus. The renowned historian Abu Reyhan al-Biruni states; ... then fire was set to their camp and the bodies were trampled by the hoofs of the horses; nobody in the history of the human kind has seen such atrocities."

Peter Chelkowski. Professor of Middle Eastern Studies. New York University. 'Ta'ziya: Ritual and Drama in Iran': New York. 1979. Page 2.


"Then Hosein mounted his horse, and took the Koran and laid it before him, and, coming up to the people, invited them to the performances of their duty: adding, O God thou art my confidence in every trouble and hope in all adversity! He next reminded them of his excellency, the nobility of his birth, the greatness of his power, and his high descent, and said 'Consider with yourselves whether or not such a man as I am not is not better than you; I who am the son of your prophet's daughter, besides whom there is no other upon the face of the earth. Ali was my father. Jaafar and Hamza, the chief of the martyrs, were both my uncles; and the apostle of God, upon whom be peace, said both of me and my brother, that we were the chief of the youth of paradise. If you will believe me, what I say is true, for by God, I never told a lie in earnest since I had my understanding; for God hates a lie. If you do not believe me, ask the companions of the apostle of God, and they will tell you the same.'
They asked: 'What hindered him from being ruled by the rest of his relations'. He answered, 'God forbid that I should set my hand to the resignation of my right after a slavish manner. I have recourse to God from every tyrant that doth not believe in the day of account."

Simon Ockley. Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge. 'The History of the Saracens'. London. 1894. Pages 404-405


"Hussayn fell, pierced by an arrow, and his brave followers were cut down beside him to the last man. Muhammadan tradition, which with rare exceptions, is uniformly hostile to the Umayyad dynasty, regards Husayn as a martyr and Yazid as his murderer."

Sir Thomas Adams. Professor of Arabic and oriental studies at the University of Cambridge. London. 'A Literary History of the Arabs'. 1930. Page 197.

عميد الحر عجب ينداس بالخيل
على اخشوم الزلم رغما نشيله
و كل مقتول تنهض ليه قبيله
تسل بيض السيوف اوتعتنيله
لعد المعركة والجثته اتشيل
العشيرة شالته بحّر الظهيرة
الكل منهم عليه شالته الغيرة
بس ظلوا الماعدهم عشيره
ضحايا على الترب من غير تغسيل

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