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Zubayr (name)

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ABU ABDULLA ZUBAIR IBN AL-AWWAM

Zubair was the son of Al Awam and the father of Abd Allah ibn Zubayr

Hade his sword broken when he defended Ali and Fatimah agains Umar and then sent away to Khalid. (ref)

Gave oath of Aligance to Ali.

Broke it when he when to war with Aisha and Talha against Ali in the Battle of Bassorah.

Left the battle after conversations with Ali, was killed att the end of that Battle.

When they brought him the sword of Zubair he cursed the man who took his life; and calling to mind the feats displayed by the man that wielded it in the early battles of Islam, exclaimed:—"Many a time hath this sword driven care and sorrow from the Prophet's brow."


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