Depth
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
Overview
In 370 the Tigris rose beyond measure, and the Euphrates; a breach burst and the Saraya bridges fell — the New one in mid-Dhu'l-Qa'da and the Old after it on a Wednesday; then work began on the two bridges, vast sums spent on them, and they were built firm 1.
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.110-111
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islam.museum contributors. “The two Tigris bridges fall at Baghdad, 370”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/saraya-bridges-collapse-370/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.