-Beside the great insight and knowledge of Imam Hussain's companions, one of the important feature of them are the geographical distribution. They were from different tribes of the Arabian Peninsula as well as other countries and cotenants. The wise and knowledgeable people who had gained an accurate understanding of the Imam of their time, had gathered around their Imam from different places, hovered around the candle of their Imam like a butterfly and had sacrificed their lives for him.
Geographical Distribution of Imam Hussain's Companions
Beside the great insight and knowledge of Imam Hussain's companions, one of the important feature of them are the geographical distribution. They were from different tribes of the Arabian Peninsula as well as other countries and cotenants. The wise and knowledgeable people who had gained an accurate understanding of the Imam of their time, had gathered around their Imam from different places, hovered around the candle of their Imam like a butterfly and had sacrificed their lives for him.
Prophet Mohammad's Companions:
Five of the Karbala Martyrs were the companions of Prophet Mohammad (S.A) who were: Anas son of Hareth Kaheli, Habib son of Mazaher, Moslim son of Ausaja, Honi son of Aurwa Murady and Abdullah son of Yaqtar.[1]
Tribal Composition of Martyrs:
Hashemi and Their Mawali: 26 People, Asadi: 7, Hamdani: 14 People, Maz'haji:8 People, Ansar: 7 People, Bajli and Khasamian: 4 People, Kenda: 5 People, Gheffari: 3 People, Kalbi: 3 People, Azdi 7 People, Abdi: 7 People, Taimi: 7 People, Tayee: 2 People, Taghlab: 5 People, Johani: 3 People, Tamimi: 2 People, Ohters: 3 People
Mawali Companions:
Among the Mawali (the Slaves and people who joined one of the Arab clans), were Iranians, Turks, and Africans.
There is no consensus on the Iranian Companions of Imam al-Hussain (A.S) in Karbala. Some even said 30 people. The most famous Mawalis in Karbala are:
Salem son of Umar: 2. Saeed slave of Omar son of Khalid Saydawi,3. Sa'ad son of Harth who was slave of Imam Ali (A.S). He then served Imam al-Hassan (A.S) and then in the presence of Imam al-Hussain (A.S) and was martyred on the day of 'Ashura. 4. Shabib slave of Hars Jaberi, 5- Wazeh Turky slave of Haris Soleimani, 6-Qareb son of Abdullah Duli, 7-Nasr son of Abi Nizar, 8-Aslam son of Amr Turki, 9-Jaber son of Hajjaj Kofi Salmani... There were other Mawali who found the honor of martyrdom alongside Sayyid al-Shuhada (A.S) on the day of 'Ashura.
Wahab son of Abdullah Kalbi was Christian, before the Ashura incident he met Imam Hussain (A.S) and became Muslim along with his mother and wife. In the day of Ashura after a brave battle he martyred.[2]
Jawn, a black slave was from Nawba (a place in Africa), was also among the Ashura martyrs who was polishing and making ready the weapons in the night of Ashura.[3]
As we see, the companions of Imam Hussain (A.S) were from different tribes and places who had gained a clear vision and deep insight to sacrifice their lives for their Imam.