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Summary

In this year the ruler of Yemen took the city of Mecca, after the authority of the Banu Qatada there had weakened. ¹

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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

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 435

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islam.museum contributors. “The ruler of Yemen takes Mecca”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yemen-mecca-620/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Dar al-Nadwa

The council house founded by Qusayy on the north side of the mosque of the Kaaba, with its door into the mosque; Quraysh deliberated its grave matters and married off its daughters there.