Sayyida Ruqayya was the young daughter of Husayn, the martyr of Karbala; according to tradition she died as a small child in 680-681 CE in Damascus, where she had been brought as a captive after Karbala. Her shrine in the old city near the Umayyad Mosque is an important visited center. (Sources: TDV 'SĂŒkeyne bint HĂŒseyin'; Wikidata Q3399936.)
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- TDV Ä°slĂąm Ansiklopedisi (DÄ°A) · entry âSĂŒkeyne bint HĂŒseyinâ
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