the Umayyad Mosque fire of 461

حريق الجامع الأموي سنة 461

c. May 1069 CE · Sha'ban 461 AH

The Umayyad Mosque burned in mid-Sha'ban 461: Badr al-Jamali had arrived from Egypt and fighting broke out between the easterners and westerners, who torched houses adjoining the mosque until the fire reached it; the combatants dropped the feud to fight the flames. Al-Imad al-Katib and al-Safadi described the blaze 1.

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موجز

احترق الجامع الأموي في دمشق في منتصف شعبان سنة 461هـ، كما يذكر ابن فضل الله العمري. 2

سبب الحريق

وصل أمير الجيوش بدر الجمالي من مصر إلى دمشق، فوقع القتال بين المشارقة والمغاربة بعد العصر يوم النصف. ضربوا داراً مجاورة للجامع بالنار فامتدت إليه. 2

بعد اشتعاله

ترك المقاتلون القتال لإطفاء النار، وعظم الأمر. ووصف العماد الكاتب الحريق، ووصفه الصفدي كذلك. 2

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  1. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p. 198-200
  2. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p.198-200
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