The Great Solar Eclipse of 836
كسوف الشمس العظيم 836هـ
c. 15 June 1433 CE · 18 Shawwal 836 AH
18 Shawwal 836: a great solar eclipse from mid-afternoon nearly to sunset; the eclipse prayer was held as people thought the sun would set still eclipsed 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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In time
Overview
Ibn al-Imad in "Shadharat al-Dhahab" relates that the sun was eclipsed in a great eclipse on the eighteenth of Shawwal 836 AH. 1
The report
The eclipse extended from after the afternoon prayer to near sunset. The people performed the eclipse prayer and thought the sun had set eclipsed, until it cleared shortly before that. 1
The Gregorian date is derived and needs to be checked against a modern source.
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 224
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