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The second great calamity that came to the Ka'abah was inflicted by the Qarmatians in the Hijri year 371/common era year 930. The Qarmatians, a radical Shi'i sect, attacked Mecca, damaged and desecrated the shrine, and stole the Black Stone within. It was later returned to the shrine in 951 CE, but in the process the stone was broken into several pieces. <ref name="Lewis, 1978p. ">{{cite book | last=Lewis| first=Bernard | title=Encyclopaedia of Islam , Volume 4 - Volume V (Iran-Kha) | publisher=Brill | series=The Encyclopaedia of Islam | year=1978 | isbn=978-90-04-05745-5 | url=https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/1483 | access-date=2023-06-25 | page=319}}</ref> | The second great calamity that came to the Ka'abah was inflicted by the Qarmatians in the Hijri year 371/common era year 930. The Qarmatians, a radical Shi'i sect, attacked Mecca, damaged and desecrated the shrine, and stole the Black Stone within. It was later returned to the shrine in 951 CE, but in the process the stone was broken into several pieces. <ref name="Lewis, 1978p. ">{{cite book | last=Lewis| first=Bernard | title=Encyclopaedia of Islam , Volume 4 - Volume V (Iran-Kha) | publisher=Brill | series=The Encyclopaedia of Islam | year=1978 | isbn=978-90-04-05745-5 | url=https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/1483 | access-date=2023-06-25 | page=319}}</ref> | ||
The third great destruction came in the hijri year 1039/common era year 1629. A great flood inundated the shrine, killing 1000 pilgrims, and this caused the walls of the shrine to collapse. After the flood subsided the Ottoman caliph Murad IV rebuilt it. | The third great destruction came in the hijri year 1039/common era year 1629. A great flood inundated the shrine, killing 1000 pilgrims, and this caused the walls of the shrine to collapse. After the flood subsided the Ottoman caliph Murad IV rebuilt it.<ref>{{Cite web | ||
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==Relevant quotations== | ==Relevant quotations== | ||