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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Arabia
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The earthquakes and great fire of Aden, 908 AH
In the year 908 Aden was struck by two calamities in succession: great earthquakes that came one after another by night and by day, and then a great fire in which many houses burned, their number reaching nine hundred. Money and lives were lost in quantities that only God knows 1.
These were not the last misfortunes Aden suffered in that decade. In the year 914 another great fire broke out there, which killed about thirty people and destroyed property and homes beyond counting 2.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Aden
People and things also explored
Sulayman al-Khadim's expedition against India· The Ottoman Entry into Yemen· Aden
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 453
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 478
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islam.museum contributors. “Aden's earthquakes and great fire, 908”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/aden-earthquake-fire-908/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.