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grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)

Also known as: Al-Husain ibn 'Alī, Al-Husain ibn 'Alī ibn Abī Tālib ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hāschim ibn 'Abd Manaf, Al-Husayn ibn 'Alī, Emam Hossein, Husain, Husain ibn Ali

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Known works

  • Min arwaʻ mā qālahu al-Imām al-Ḥusayn al-shahīd
  • منهاج البلاغة في خطاب ورسائل وحكم الإمام الحسين
  • Minhāj al-balāghah fī khuṭab wa-rasāʼil wa-ḥikam al-Imām al-Ḥusayn (2003)
  • Farhang-i sukhanān-i Imām Ḥusayn (2002)
  • al-Ṣaḥīfah al-Ḥusaynīyah