- Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan
Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan was a soldier in theUmmayad army during the battle of Karbala, in southern Iraq that occurred in the year 680 AD.He was the maternal uncle of
Abbas ibn Ali .In battle, he killed an injured
Husayn ibn Ali and beheaded him.Husayn ibn Ali is the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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