Zaynab

daughter of ‘Alī

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In ʿAlī: ʿAlī and Islam to the death of Muhammad
…it were born a daughter, Zaynab—who played a major role during the Umayyad period in claiming the rights of the family of the Prophet after her brother Ḥusayn was killed in Iraq—and two sons, Ḥasan and Ḥusayn. The latter two are the ancestors of those known as sharīf or sayyid…
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