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The Great Mecca Flood of 859

سيل مكة العظيم 859هـ

between 1454 and 1455 CE · 859 AH

Mecca

859: a great torrent struck Mecca, entering the Haram until it nearly reached the Black Stone 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Mecca

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Overview

In 859 AH a great flood struck Mecca and entered the Sacred Sanctuary until it came close to the Black Stone. 1

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Mecca

People and things also explored

Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib· The three years of the secret call

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 286
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Dar al-Nadwa

The council house founded by Qusayy on the north side of the mosque of the Kaaba, with its door into the mosque; Quraysh deliberated its grave matters and married off its daughters there.