برد العراق العظيم
برد العراق العظيم
c. 1029 CE · 420 AH
In 420 giant hailstones fell at al-Nu'maniyya in Iraq — each a pound or more, one said to exceed a qintar, punching half a cubit into the ground like a couched bull; a fall the annals had never heard the like of, uprooting great olive and apple trees 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In space
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Connections
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
People and things also explored
The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· دخول أبي كاليجار بغداد وضرب العلبل· فتنة الشيعة والسنة بباب الطاق سنة 348· موت السلطان شرف الدولة وفوضى بغداد· القحط الشديد ببغداد سنة ٣٧٣هـ· الحريق العظيم ببغداد سنة 485· فتنة السنة والرافضة ببغداد سنة 483
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 214
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islam.museum contributors. “برد العراق العظيم”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/baghdad-hailstorm-420/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.