Muqsit ibn Zuhayr al-Taghlibi

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Muqsit b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi
مُقسِط بن زُهَیر بن حَرث التَغلِبی
Personal
Died10th of
Hussain ibn Ali

Muqsit b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi (

Umar ibn Sa'ad
's army.

Biography

Muqsit accompanied Ali ibn Abi Talib in various battles including battles of Jamal, Siffin, and Nahrawan.[1] He was also a member of Hasan ibn Ali military forces in Kufa.[1]

In the Battle of Karbala

After Hussain's caravan reached Karbala, he and his brothers, Kurdus and Qasit, joined the Hussain's army overnight. He was killed on the Day of Ashura.

Source

References

  1. ^ a b Samāwī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir (1922). Ibṣār al-ʻayn fī inṣār al-Ḥusayn. Najaf, Iraq: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Ḥaydarīyah. p. 200.