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The Great Mecca Flood of 867

سيل مكة العظيم 867هـ

c. January 1463 CE · c. Rabi' II 867 AH

Mecca

Rabi' II 867: a great flood at Mecca entered the Haram, the water rising near the lock of the Kaaba's door 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 Rabi al-Akhir 867 AH a great flood struck Mecca and entered the Sacred Mosque until the water rose to about the height of the Ka'ba's door-lock, according to the "Shadharat al-Dhahab". 1

What the source says

The source gives the month and the year and describes the height of the water in the Sacred Mosque. The data gives no details of losses or the length of the flood, which needs an additional source.

Date

Rabi al-Akhir 867 AH, with a Gregorian equivalent (around January 1463 CE) that is derived. 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. 314
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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.