Simon Ockley in his "The History of the Saracens" states the following:"There is a tradition that Ayesha was murdered by the direction of Moawiyah, and the following particulars are recorded:—Ayesha having resolutely and insultingly refused to engage her allegiance to Yezid, Moawiyah invited her to an entertainment, where he had prepared a very deep well or pit in that part of the chamber reserved for her reception, and had the mouth of it deceptively covered over with leaves and straw. A chair was then placed upon the fatal spot, and Ayesha, on being conducted to her seat, instantly sank into eternal night, and the mouth of the pit was immediately covered with stones and mortar".Ibne Khuldun,a Sunni historian in "Tarikh-e-Ibne-Khuldun held Marwan and his family responsible for the murder of Hazrat Aisha.Imam Jalaluddin Al-Suyuti,a notable Sunni scholar mentions the killing of Hazrat Aisha.
