The Frankish raid on al-Shihr, 929

دخول الإفرنج الشحر 929هـ

c. 11 April 1523 CE · 10 Rabi' II 929 AH

In 929 the Franks entered al-Shihr on the Hadramawt coast killing, taking captives and looting; the jurist Shihab al-Din Ibn Balhaj al-Shafi'i was martyred in the assault after dawn Friday 10 Rabi' II 1.

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In 929 the Franks entered al-Shihr, killed, took captives and looted; martyred in that raid was the scholar Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah Balhaj al-Shafi'i, after the dawn of Friday the tenth of Rabi' II 1.

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 562
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