Zaynab bint Ali
(d. 681 )
Daughter of Fatimah and Ali . Married Abd Allah ibn Jafar , with whom she had three sons and two daughters. Zaynab accompanied her brother Husayn to Karbala in 680 ; after his tragic death there, she was instrumental in saving the life of Husayn's young son, Ali Zayn al-Abidin , who became the fourth imam of the Twelver Shiis. For her bravery during the battle of Karbala she earned the title “the heroine [batalah] of Karbala.”