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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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The great flood of Damascus
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 1.
Houses 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 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 652
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islam.museum contributors. “The great Damascus flood, Sha'ban 683”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/damascus-flood-683/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.