Kitab Maqtal al-Husayn

Kitab Maqtal al-Husayn

A detailed and authentic account of the tragedy of Karbala and the sacrifice of Imam Husayn (a) Classified as being amongst the most reliable and accurate accounts, the author was the first historian to systematically collect the reports dealing with the events of Battle of Karbala. The accounts are based on the eyewitness testimony of Muhammad ibn Qays, Harith ibn Abd Allah ibn Sharik al-Amiri, Abd Allah ibn Asim and Dahhak ibn Abd Allah Abu, Abu Janab al-Kalbi and Adi b. Hurmula, Muhammad ibn Qays, and are considered reliable even among later Shi'a and Sunni historians like Tabari.