انفراج تل بني شقيق عن سبعة أقبر

انفراج تل بني شقيق عن سبعة أقبر

c. 883 CE · 270 AH

In 270 a mound on Nahr al-Sirat called Tall Bani Shaqquq split open on seven graves with an unreadable inscription: seven bodies whole in fresh soft shrouds perfumed like musk, one a youth with dew still on his lip as if he had just drunk, the wound in his flank turned back by the shroud, the hair rooted as on a living man 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Abbasid Fragmentation

Overview

In 270 AH a report came that a mound on the river al-Sarat known as the mound of the Banu Shaqiq split open and revealed seven graves in a stone slab with writing on it that no one could read. 2

What was found

Ibn al-Jawzi relates that there were seven whole bodies in them, wearing new soft shrouds that gave off a smell of musk. One of them was a young man with abundant hair; his forehead, ears, nose and lips were sound, and there was moisture on his lip as if he had drunk water. Some of those present pulled hair from some of them and found it strong at the root, like the hair of the living. 2

This report is transmitted by Ibn al-Jawzi and needs an additional source.

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p. 109
  2. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p.109
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islam.museum contributors. “انفراج تل بني شقيق عن سبعة أقبر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/tal-bani-shaqquq-270/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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