Al-Zubayr bin Bakkar said: Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was born in the year 4 AH, when five nights of Sha'ban had passed, and he was martyred on Friday, the tenth of Muharram (Ashura), in the year 61 AH. He was killed by Sinan bin Abi Anas al-Nakha'i, and Khawli bin Yazid al-Asbahi, who was from Himyar, finished him off while he lay wounded, cut off his head and brought it to Ubaydullah bin Ziyad. At this Sinan bin Anas recited these verses:
"Load my mount with silver and gold; I have killed the well-guarded king; I have killed the best of people in mother and father."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الحاء / 2839