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- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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The great earthquake of Mecca in 886 AH
On the seventeenth of Muharram 886 AH there was a huge earthquake in Mecca, the like of which had not been heard of. It came in a year which also saw a bolt of lightning that set fire to the Prophet ﷺ's Noble Mosque in its Ramadan 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Mecca
People and things also explored
Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 344
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islam.museum contributors. “The great Mecca earthquake of 886”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mecca-earthquake-886/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.