| Upon the orders of the commander of the army, , Shimr set on fire the tents of Husayn's companions, and was intent on burning Husayn's personal tent before being prevented by his own comrades | With his location thus exposed, Shimr was found by Kian alfarisii killed |
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| Life [ ] Shimr was a son of , a companion of the Islamic prophet , who settled in Kufa after the Muslim conquest of Iraq | Kill him, may your mothers be deprived of you! He later defected to the Umayyads |
Shimr was subsequently sent to Karbala with orders to either force Husayn into submission or to kill him in case of refusal.
| The offer was declined because Husayn was not offered any safe conduct | He is reported to have regretted his actions later in his life |
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| Depiction [ ] Shimr is depicted usually wearing red with a long feathered cap in the passion plays during the Shia mourning remembrance of | 656—661 and fought against , the governor of and future founder of the , at the , where he received a head wound |