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The Tremendous Lightning at Jerusalem, 851

الصاعقة الهائلة ببيت المقدس 851هـ

c. December 1447 CE · c. Shawwal 851 AH

Mid-Shawwal 851: a tremendous lightning strike at Jerusalem 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Overview

Ibn al-Imad relates in the "Fragments of Gold" that a huge thunderbolt struck Jerusalem in Shawwal 851 AH. 2

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 277
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.277
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