Husayn ibn Ali: what Wikipedia removed
Husayn ibn Ali was the grandson of Muhammad and the third Imam of Shia Islam, killed at the Battle of Karbala. Through 2005 the opening said Husayn, most of his family, and 72 of his companions were massacred at the battle. Today the opening ends with Husayn accompanying Ali in wars and does not describe his death at all, though massacred survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader arriving now learns of his lineage and early life and not that he and his companions were killed en masse at Karbala.
The word “resistance” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| martyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The description of Husayn’s decapitation following the massacre of him and his companions, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17880401):
File:Hosein.jpg Imaginary portrait of Husayn ibn Ali, by contemporary Iranian artist. Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 626 - October 10 , 680 ) was the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad , and son of his daughter Fatima Zahra with Ali ibn Abu Talib . Husayn is revered by Muslims , and has a special importance to the Shia as their Third Imam by most shias and second Imam by some Shia sects. Husayn was the second son of Ali and Fatima. He was beloved by his grandfather Muhammad and many stories tell of a great resemblance between Husayn and Muhammad. There are numerous hadith that talk about Husayn and his elder brother Hasan and express the love that Muhammad had for them. In one of these hadit…
2025 (revision 1298283388):
Grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Imam (626–680) For people with similar names, see Husayn ibn Ali (disambiguation) . Husayn ibn Ali ( Arabic : ٱلْحُسَيْنُ ٱبْنُ عَلِيٍّ , romanized : Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 CE ) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia . The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad’s daughter Fatima ), as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali , Husayn is regarded as the third Imam in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali al-Sajjad . Husayn is a prominent member of the Ahl al-Bayt and is also considered to be a member of the Ahl al-Kis…
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