shahrbano or shahzanan was the imam wife
Shahrbānū (or
Shehr Bano) (
Persian: شهربانو) (Meaning: "Lady of the Land") is one of the wives of
Husayn ibn Ali, (grandson of
Muhammad and third
Twelver Shī‘ah Imām) and the mother of
Ali ibn Husayn (the fourth
Imāmī-Twelver Shī‘ah
Imām).
[1][2][3] She has also been referred with other names
[4] by different writers such as:
Shaharbānawayh,
[5] Shahzanān,
[6] Salāma,
[7] Salāfa,
[8] Ghazāla,
[9]Salama,
[10] and
Sādira.
[11]
Shahrbānū was a Sassanid princess and daughter of
Yazdegerd III the last Emperor of the
Sassanid dynasty of
Persia/
Iran.
[12][13][14][15]Shī`a' scholars, interalia, discuss the poetic verses attributed to Ali ibn Husayn by
Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali an
Arab companion of `
Aliwho was still alive during the time of Ali ibn Husayn and affirmed that Shahrbanu was Sassanid princess and daughter of Yazdegerd III
[16][17] According to Majority of Shia writers, she died shortly after giving birth to her son Ali ibn Hysayn
[18][19] and buried in the graveyard of "Jannat ul Baqi" alongside other members of Muhammad's family, however, some Shia scholars relate the
shrine at Ray to her.
