Zaynab bint Ali

The daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad (626-682)

Zaynab bint Ali (Arabic: زَيْنَب بِنْت عَلِيّ, Zaynab ibnat 'Alīy; 3 August 626 – 682), was the daughter of the fourth Rashidun Caliph and the first Shia Imam Ali bin Abi Talib.[3] She is the third child of Ali ibn Abi Talib and his wife Fatima.[4]

Zaynab bint Ali
زَيْنَب بِنْت عَلِيّ
Arabic text with the name of Zaynab bint Ali
BornAH 5 (named on) 5 Jumada I (in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar
3 August 626 CE
Medina, Al-Hijaz
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
Died15 Rajab, AH 62 [aged 57 years] (682 CE)[1][2]
Resting placeSayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Damascus, the Levant or Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Known forLeading of the caravan of Al-Husayn after his death at the Battle of Karbala in Iraq, Umayyad Empire
Spouse‘Abdullah ibn Ja'far
Children
  • Ali
  • Aun
  • Muhammad
  • Abbas
  • Umm Kulthum
Parents
Relatives
FamilyHouse of Muhammad

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