Lightning Burns the Mosque of Medina

In Shawwal 886 AH letters came from Medina reporting that lightning struck the minaret on the night of the thirteenth of Ramadan and burned it. The roofs of the Noble Mosque were burned with the treasures and books in it, and only the walls remained. Al-Suyuti described the event as dreadful. ¹

The report is taken from letters that came from Medina, and it is all the data says. It does not name what books were lost or who rebuilt the mosque, which needs an additional source.

The night of 13 Ramadan 886 AH, with a Gregorian equivalent (around November 1481 CE) that is derived. ¹