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 Rajab of year 401 the Tigris rose, and the rise stretched into Ramadan until it reached twenty-one cubits; water entered most riverside houses and the quarters of Qati'at al-Daqiq, Bab al-Tibn, Bab al-Sha'ir and Bab al-Taq 2.
What the flood did
The water overflowed onto the Mosque of al-Kaff at Qati'at al-Daqiq and wrecked it, carrying away its piers and roofs; the banks burst and villages and fortresses drowned 3.
For young visitors
In year 401 the Tigris flooded over Baghdad, filling whole riverside districts and drowning a mosque, forts and villages — only one year after the river had run too low for boats.
Research notes
- Source read: Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Muntazam, harvested scan (muntazam/AAlexandrina-224011), pp.251-252, events of year 401.
- Al-buthuq are breaches in the embankments; the scan reads "the buthuq burst."
Connections
- Located in
- 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
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.251-252
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p.251
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p.252
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Flooding of Baghdad as the Tigris Rises Twenty-One Cubits”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/tigris-flood-401/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.