At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
What the source says
The available text gives nothing beyond this report: the month, the year, and the description of the flood as great. The extent of the damage or the number of victims is not given in the data for this page, and needs an additional source.
Date
The Hijri date is Safar 865 AH. Its Gregorian equivalent (around November 1460 CE) is derived, not stated in the source. 1
Connections
- Located in
- 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. 313
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Mecca Flood of 865”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mecca-flood-865/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.