At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In the year five and ten and five hundred (515) the Dar al-Sultana in Baghdad burned, and property worth a million dinars was destroyed 2.
The year in Shadharat al-Dhahab
Ibn al-'Imad gives the fire first among the notices of year 515, before that year's obituaries 2.
For young visitors
The sultan's palace in Baghdad (Dar al-Saltana) burned down in 515 and the loss was reckoned at a million dinars.
Research notes
- Source read: Ibn al-'Imad, Shadharat al-Dhahab, harvested scan (shadharat-dhahab/AAlexandrina-223861), p.527, under "year 515."
- The notice is brief and names no cause; none is supplied here.
Connections
- Occurred at
- 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
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 527
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.527
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Burning of Dar al-Saltana in Baghdad in 515”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/dar-sultana-fire-515/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.