 As with any figure from the Ahl al Bay during the times of the Umayyad and Abasid tyrants who were obsessed with blocking out accurate information about the holy household of the Prophet and indeed the Prophet himself, much controversy and differences, has been recorded about the life of Lady Zainab after the events in Damascus. This was quite intentional as naturally, Lady Zainab and Imam al-Sajjad, peace be upon them, had humiliated the authority of the Umayyads and exposed them as the treacherous, stretched non-Muslims that they were. Therefore, attempts were made to confuse the Muslims about what happened to Lady Zainab after the aftermath of Karbala. What is known for certain is as follows, Yazid gave the holy household the choice of remaining in Damascus or returning to Medina. As a result of the public pressure he was put under through being constantly humiliated by Lady Zainab and Imam al-Sajjad in his own court. When as Lady Zainab, peace be upon her, decided to return to Medina, he called Naaman al-Mashir who had been a companion of the holy Prophet and ordered him to make suitable arrangements for their journey. A contingent of horsemen, foot soldiers and adiquate provisions were made available. Elaborately adorned decorated litters with velvet seeds were provided but Lady Zainab demanded that these should be covered in black so that people would know the travellers were in a state of mourning. When the citizens of Damascus came to know that the members of the holy Prophet's family were leaving, the women came to the house they were staying in for a last farewell. This is a sign of how greatly influenced the people were by the public demonstrations carried out by the Ahl al-Bayt. At every stop made during the journey the tents of the men were pitched a mile away from those of the women so that the women could move unhindered and unobserved by strangers. Tanks of mourners were held wherever they stopped and many people came, listened and learned the truth. The travellers returned to Medina via Karbala. When they reached Karbala they found Jibir ibn Abdullah Ansari and some of the elders of Bani Hashim were already there for they had come to pay respects at the grave of Imam Husayn peace be upon him. It is related that the travellers had brought the severed head of the chief of martyrs with them from Damascus and that in Karbala it was rejoined with his body by his son Imam As-Sajjad. A great Majlis of mourning was held before they continued on their journey. When the time came to leave Karbala Zaynab wanted to remain near her brother's grave till the day of her death but Imam As-Sajjad pleaded with her not to leave them and reluctantly she agreed to return to Medina. He knew it was necessary final steps to establish a culture of grieving in the centre of the Islamic world and the home city of the holy prophet, a place where the earliest Muslims still lived. After the caravan stopped on its way to Medina a mourning commemoration or early form of Majlis was held when the city was inside Zaynab bade the women a light from their camels and they pitched their tents. Black flags were raised up on learning of their arrival. The people of Medina came out in droves and Zaynab recounted to them the events at Karbala and the hardships of their subsequent captivity. After some time Imam As-Sajjad asked the women to ready themselves for entering Medina. Then they entered the city on foot. With black flags raised aloft Zaynab went straight to the grave of the holy prophet where she prayed and complained to him of the massacre of his beloved grandson. This was not only a necessary step for her own well-being but a public demonstration which would have no doubt affected the Muslims heavily. Zaynab had returned as a transformed person as it is said the Ahlul Bayt inherited the signs of aging due to the tribulations that are forced onto them. Her hair was now white and her back was as if it was bent. Although upon her return she had been reunited with her husband she did not live long. After the tortures, trials she had to face or the responsibilities the situation had forced her to carry on her shoulders. The exact date and place of her death is not clear but it is probable that she died in the year 62 AH some six months after her return.