Lohoof

Lohoof (

Radhi ud-Deen Ali ibn Musa ibn Tawus (1193–1266 AD), often called Sayyed Ibn Tawus (

Lohoof includes sections on Husayn ibn Ali, the Battle of Karbala, and its aftermath, in three parts:[4]

1. The events that occurred just before the
   day of Ashura (10th of Muharram of 61 AH
   );
2. The events that occurred in the evening before Ashura, and during the day of Ashura;
3. The events that occurred after the day of Ashura, with regard to Husayn ibn Ali, his family, and his enemies.

In the preface to the book we see this statement: "The importance of books such as Lohoof lies in its right, just, and authentic references and accurate narrations, which reveal the history of the 14th century."[5]

Sources used

The following sources were used by ibn Tawus in the writing of Lohoof:^[6]

• Iqab al-a'mal of Ibn Babawayh
• The reasons for
  Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  .

Several sources that ibn Tawus did not explicitly name but apparently used are:^[6]

• Kitab al-fotuh of
  Ahmad ibn A'tham
• Maqtal al-Husayn of
  Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
• Amali of Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Hasani Zaydi
• Al-Irshad of
  Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid

Reception

Anyone who has written about the killing of Husayn ibn Ali has most certainly consulted Lohoof, which are actually adventures narrated by Sayyed ibn Tawus. In Lohoof, ibn Tawus writes about the most important events of the Battle of Karbala, such as the decision to return the captured family of Muhammad, prophet of Islam, to

• Sermon of Zaynab bint Ali in the court of Yazid
• Sermon of Ali ibn Husayn in Damascus
• Mourning of Muharram
• List of casualties in Husayn's army at the Battle of Karbala

References