The Demolition of Dar al-Nadwa in Mecca

هدم دار الندوة بمكة

c. 894 CE · 281 AH

In 281 al-Mu'tadid demolished Mecca's Dar al-Nadwa and made it a mosque adjoining the Masjid al-Haram 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Arabia
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Overview

In 281 AH the caliph al-Mu'tadid demolished the Dar al-Nadwa in Mecca and made it a mosque beside the Sacred Mosque, as al-Suyuti mentions in "Tarikh al-Khulafa". 1

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The Gregorian year (around 894 CE) is derived by conversion. The report is from a single source, and it needs an additional source.

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Baraz al-Rawz palace· al-Mu'tadid's unbuilt academy plan· Abu Ahmad Imprisons His Son Abu al-Abbas al-Mu'tadid· The appointment of Amr ibn al-Layth over the lands beyond the Balkh river· Dredging of the Dujayl river· The ransom exchange between Muslims and Byzantines, 283· Al-Mu'tadid's decree on returning the residue of inheritances to blood kin· Al-Mu'tadid's raid on Banu Shayban

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 574
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Baraz al-Rawz palace

In 287 al-Mu'tadid ordered a palace at his chosen spot in Baraz al-Rawz; the householders of Bab al-Shammasiyya were bought out to clear the site, the wall traced, and a river-dais begun for him to occupy until the palace finished — but his illness struck and he died before its completion.