Shimr

Shimr ibn Dhi al-Jawshan
Native name
Arabic: شمر بن ذي الجوشن, romanizedShimr ibn Dhī al-Jawshan
DiedAround 685
Probably Kufa
Allegiance
BranchRashidun army
Service years657, 680
Conflicts
RelationsBanu Kilab,

Abū al-Sābigha Shamir ibn Dhī al-Jawshan (Arabic: أبو السابغة شمر بن ذي الجوشن), often known as Shamir or Shimar, was an Arab military commander from Kufa who killed Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in 680.