Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Shahr Banu was a daughter of the last Sassanid emperor, Yazdegerd III. After the defeat of her father, she was taken captive by the Arab armies and sent to Medina where she was married to Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. She would give birth to one son with Husayn, Ali Zayn al Abidin, and would die shortly after his birth. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.