Shimr

Shimr ibn Dhi al-Jawshan
Shimr ibn Dhi al-Jawshan
Native name	Arabic: شمر بن ذي الجوشن, romanized: Shimr ibn Dhī al-Jawshan
Died	Around 685; Probably Kufa
Allegiance	Rashidun Caliphate (657); Umayyad Caliphate (680);
Service/branch	Rashidun army
Years of service	657, 680
Battles/wars	First Fitna Battle of Siffin (657); ; Second Fitna Battle of Karbala (680); ;
Relations	Banu Kilab, Hawazin (clan)

Abū al-Sābigha Shamir ibn Dhī al-Jawshan (Arabic: أبو السابغة شمر بن ذي الجوشن), often known as Shamir or Shimar, was an Arab military commander from Kufa who killed Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in 680.

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