Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Lightning strike in Jerusalem
During Shawwal 851 AH a huge bolt of lightning struck Jerusalem 1.
Ibn al-ʿImad recorded it among the calamities of the year, which passed over the cities in turn.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Jerusalem
People and things also explored
Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Dome of the Rock· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)· Arson at al-Aqsa Mosque (1969)· Atsiz ibn Uwaq's campaign against Syria· Buraq Wall disturbances (1929)
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 268-269
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islam.museum contributors. “The thunderbolt of Jerusalem”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/jerusalem-thunderbolt-851/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.