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HUSAYN
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: حسين (Arabic)
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Diminutive of HASAN. Husayn ibn Ali (also called Al-Hussein) was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Al-Hasan was his older brother. The massacre of Husayn and his family caused the split between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, which continues to this day. In more recent times this was the name of a king of Jordan. |
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