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  "ar": "السيول العظام بدمشق سنة 683هـ",
  "en": "The great Damascus flood, Sha'ban 683"
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  "ar": "في شعبان سنة ثلاث وثمانين كانت الزيادة الهائلة بدمشق بالليل، وكان عسكر المصريين نزالاً بالوادي فذهب لهم ما لا يوصف، وخربت البيوت وانطمّت الأنهار، وكسر الماء أقفال باب الفراديس ودخل حتى وصل إلى مدرسة المقدمية، وكسر جسر باب الفراديس {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}.",
  "en": "Sha'ban 683 — the night flood at Damascus: the Egyptian army camped in the wadi was swept away beyond description, houses ruined, channels drowned, the water broke Bab al-Faradis's lock and bridge and reached the Muqaddamiyya {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}."
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   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ج7، سنة 683)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "سيل دمشق الهائل",
     "markdown": "في شعبان سنة ثلاث وثمانين وستمائة كانت الزيادة الهائلة بدمشق بالليل، وكان عسكر المصريين نزالاً بالوادي فذهب لهم ما لا يوصف {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}.\n\nوخربت البيوت وانطمّت الأنهار، وكسر الماء أقفال باب الفراديس ودخل حتى وصل إلى مدرسة المقدمية، وكسر جسر باب الفراديس {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}."
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    "id": "event/damascus-flood-683",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "The great flood of Damascus",
     "markdown": "In Shaʿban 683 AH a huge flood came at night in Damascus. The Egyptian army was camped in the valley, and it suffered losses beyond description {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}.\n\nHouses were destroyed and the rivers were blocked. The water broke the locks of the Faradis Gate and entered as far as the Muqaddamiyya college, and it broke the bridge of the Faradis Gate {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}."
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    "id": "event/damascus-flood-683",
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    "translators": [
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   "updated": "2026-10-18"
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   "sections": [
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     "heading": "دمشق کا عظیم سیلاب",
     "markdown": "شعبان سنہ 683ھ میں رات کے وقت دمشق میں ایک بہت بڑا سیلاب آیا، اور وادی میں ٹھہرے ہوئے مصری لشکر کا ایسا نقصان ہوا جو بیان نہیں کیا جا سکتا {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}۔\n\nگھر تباہ ہو گئے، نہریں بند ہو گئیں، اور پانی نے باب الفراديس کے تالے توڑ دیے اور مدرسۃ المقدمیہ تک جا پہنچا، اور باب الفراديس کا پل ٹوٹ گیا {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 652}۔"
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   "updated": "2026-10-18"
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