The martyr scholar ... Maytham bin Yahya al-Tammar (historical study)

Abstract

The period in which the Umayyads seized power in the Islamic state after the truce of Imam al-Hassan (peace be upon him) with Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan in the year 41 AH witnessed the tracking down of figures known for their loyalty to Ahlu-Albayt (peace be upon them). Imam Ali (peace be upon him), and a number of the best friends, such as Hajar bin Uday, have fallen victim to that policy. Umar ibn al-Hamaq al-Khuza’i and many others, and when Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan perished and his son prevailed over the heights of power, Kufa in particular and Iraq, in general, were boiling in the face of Umayyad authority, so Yazid bin Muawiyah used a vulgar, unjust and deceitful man to control things in Iraq after they reached him The news of the movement of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) from Hijaz to Iraq, so Ubayd Allah bin Ziyad was appointed as governor of Basra and Kufa, This man used the cruelest, injustice and violation of human rights methods with the opponents, especially the companions of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) among them. Murder and mutilation of his corpse, Maytham al-Tammar, companion of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (peace be upon him).

Keywords: Imam Ali (peace be upon him) - Maytham al-Tammar - the Umayyad state - Ubayd Allah bin Ziyad - Amr ibn Harith - Kufa.