Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In 608 AH a great earthquake struck Egypt. It destroyed many houses in Cairo, and many people died under the rubble 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663· From Jan Balat through Tuman Bay to Qansuh al-Ghuri, 905–906
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 40
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/egypt-earthquake-608/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.