Zaynab bint Ali | |
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زَيْنَب بِنْت عَلِيّ | |
![]() Arabic text with the name of Zaynab bint Ali | |
Born | AH 5 (named on) 5 Jumada I (in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar 3 August 626 CE |
Died | 15 Rajab, AH 62 [aged 57 years] (682 CE)[1][2] |
Resting place | Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Damascus, the Levant or Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque, Cairo, Egypt |
Known for | Leading of the caravan of Al-Husayn after his death at the Battle of Karbala in Iraq, Umayyad Empire |
Spouse | ‘Abdullah ibn Ja'far |
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Family | House of Muhammad |
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]