Ruqayya bint al-Ḥusayn is said to have been a great-granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and daughter of Husayn. Husayn and a small group of his supporters were brutally massacred in the Battle of Karbala in 680 on the order of the Umayyad caliph Yazid. Their women and children were then taken captive and marched to the capital Damascus, where it is said Ruqayya died at the age of about three, possibly due to the hostility of her captors. The Sayyida Ruqayya Mosque in Damascus is a popular destination for Shia pilgrimage.
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