At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Summary
On Monday, 7 Rabi' II of the year two and ninety and three hundred (392), the common people of Baghdad rose against the Christians, looted the church at Qati'at al-Daqiq and set it on fire; it collapsed on a crowd of Muslims — men, boys and women — who perished 2.
The year's unrest
The incident comes in al-Muntazam under the events of 392, a year thick with disorder in Baghdad: in Ramadan the strife grew and outrages and harlotry spread; the Khurasani forces halted on the road west for want of safe passage and the Hajj from the east was suspended that year 2.
For young visitors
In old Baghdad a mob attacked the Christians and burned their church in the quarter called Qati'at al-Daqiq; its roof fell on Muslim bystanders too, and they died — one of the troubles the chroniclers list for that year.
Research notes
- Source read: Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Muntazam, harvested scan (muntazam/AAlexandrina-224011), p.219, events of year 392.
- The text's "rose against the Christians" is rendered as mob violence; the bi'a is the church of the Qati'at al-Daqiq quarter of Baghdad.
Connections
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- Baghdad
People and things also explored
The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad· The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.219
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p.219
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Crowd's Burning of the Church of Qati'at al-Daqiq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/church-qatiat-al-daqiq-burned-392/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.