Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAqīl was one of Husayn ibn Ali's companions who was killed in the Battle of Karbala (680), where he is regarded as one of the martyrs. He was a son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and both a nephew and a son-in-law of the fourth caliph and first Shi'ite Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. Lineage His father was Aqil ibn Abi Talib, while his mother was a slave woman. Meanwhile Abd al-Rahman was one of Ali's sons-in-law, his wife being Ali's daughter Khadija. Battle of Karbala Abd al-Rahman entered the battlefield at the army of Husayn on the day of Ashura, and recited the following (epic verses): "My father is Aqil, (then) you (ought to) know my position; I am from the descendant of Hashim, and Hashim is my brother."