The Chronicles of the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn

The Chronicles of the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn was compiled to fill the need for a strongly reliable source on Imām Husayn’s (a) final days. Meticulously researched, it contains narrations about the Imām’s last stand that are found only in the earliest extant sources. Hand-selected for their reliability, they have been arranged and translated into fluid, precise English. No detail of the narrative of the martyrdom of Imām Husayn (a) has been left out, from his fateful journey towards Iraq, to the journey of the captives afterwards and the events surrounding Arba‘īn.

The Chronicles also includes narrations on related topics of interest, such as the custom of mourning the martyrdom of Imām Husayn (a) and fasting on the day of ‘Āshūrā’. Ample preliminary matter written by recognised Islamic scholars addresses the question of the reliability of early and medieval sources, the nature of the oral versus the written tradition, and the challenges faced in the modern era in presenting a reliable account of Imām Husayn’s (a) martyrdom. The Arabic text of the narrations has been included throughout, and the work is rounded out with five detailed maps of the Imām’s journey.

This work is certain to find a special place in the personal library of historians, students and scholars of Islam, those speaking from the pulpit, and anyone with an interest in Imām Husayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a).

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