Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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In time
Overview
In 278 the Nile's water receded to a low never known before nor reported in the earlier chronicles 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Misr (Egypt)
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt· Death of Malik al-Ashtar on the way to Egypt· the killing of Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥudhayfa in Egypt (36 AH, disputed)· Earthquakes in Egypt· The general famine and plague of 448· Al-Hakim Forbids the Women of Egypt to Go Out
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 110
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islam.museum contributors. “The Nile's Record Low in 278”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/nile-record-low-278/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.