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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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Overview

The "Shadharat al-Dhahab" relates that the springs of Mecca were brought in 835 AH until they entered the city. The pools of the Bab al-Mu'alla were filled from them, and the water passed by al-Safa and the Night Market, and its benefit was general. ¹

What the source says

The data does not name who brought the springs, the source of the water, or the cost of the work. This needs an additional source.

Date

835 AH, with a Gregorian equivalent (around 1431–1432 CE) that is derived. ¹

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Located in: Mecca

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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

Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 222

Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “The Channeling of Mecca's Springs, 835”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mecca-springs-835/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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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.