Karbala Historical Resources

Account N. 8 : Nasr B. Muzahim

Nasr b. Muzahim's monograph is reported in a very limited fashion by Abu al-Faraj in Maqatil al-Talibiyyin[^43].

He seems to have had two main sources: Abu Mikhnaf, whom he reports on the authority of his mentor `Umar b. Sa'd, and Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju'fi, whom he reports through `Amr b. Shamir. Nasr b. Muzahim uses both of these sources in his monograph on the Battle of Siffin. If his full work had survived, we would have had a much fuller Shi’i version of the account, as Nasr was himself a Shi’i, and tended to favour the Shi’i tradition.

Notes:

[^43] Abu al-Faraj, op. cit., pp. 51-81.