The Zabid windstorm, 911

ريح زبيد العاصفة 911هـ

between 1505 and 1506 CE · 911 AH

Zabid

In 911, per al-Nur al-Safir, a violent wind struck Zabid and its mountains, uprooting and breaking many trees and demolishing houses 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Zabid

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Overview

In 911 — per al-Nur al-Safir — a violent wind struck the city of Zabid and all its mountains, uprooting and breaking many trees and demolishing some houses 1.

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Zabid

People and things also explored

Fath al-Bari reaches Yemen, 901· Turanshah's conquest of Zabid (569 AH)· The Zabid and Mawza' earthquakes, 916· Zabid

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 462
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Fath al-Bari reaches Yemen, 901

In 901 a copy of Ibn Hajar's Fath al-Bari reached Zabid from the Haram — the book's first entry into Yemen; Sultan 'Amir ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab had sent for it and it was bought for him at a great price.