Back to Table of Contents To next page Abu Mikhnaf (Maqtal al-Hussein)(680) --------------------------------------------------- Taken from :Azania Full name: Lut Yahya alAzdi abu Mikhnaf The book got lost, fragments are found in Al-Tabari's History The word Zanj is first mentioned in a poem of Ali, the son of Hussein, who was the grandson of the prophet. Abu Makhnaf quoted Sahl, an eyewitness who stated: "When the captives were brought to Damascus; I saw the markets closed (to celebrate the victory)...the captives entered from the gate of Khezran..." and Ali bin Hussein was saying: "I am being led in Damascus without honor as though I am a ZANJ who has lost his helper; I wish that neither I would have seen Damascus, nor Yazid would have seen me going from one place to another." Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was martyred by the army of Yazid and his family led away in captivity. Note that the man uttering the words above, the great grandson of the Prophet (pbuh) was Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn Hussein (657-694). He survived his captivity in Damascus and returned to Medina. |