Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
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Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In 511 AH a great flood struck Sinjar. It destroyed its walls and drowned many people 1.
Traces of the flood
The flood carried the city gate half a day's journey away, and buried the city for years. It also carried a cot with a child in it, which caught on an olive tree. The child survived and grew up 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Sinjar
People and things also explored
The meridian measurement at Sinjār· Sayf al-Dīn besieges his brother ʿImād al-Dīn at Sinjār — then flees before Saladin· Sinjar
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 510
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islam.museum contributors. “The great flood of Sinjar, 511”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/sinjar-flood-511/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.