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  "ar": "برد العراق العظيم",
  "en": "The Great Hailstorm of Iraq"
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  "ar": "في سنة عشرين وأربعمائة وقع بالنعمانية من العراق بردٌ عظام إلى الغاية كل واحدة رطل وأكثر حتى قيل إن بردةً وُجدت تزيد على قنطار، وقد نزلت في الأرض نحو نصف ذراع فكانت كالثور البارك، وفي تاريخ لم يُسمع بمثلها؛ قلعت الأصول العاتية من الزيتون والتفاح {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 214}.",
  "en": "In 420 giant hailstones fell at al-Nu'maniyya in Iraq — each a pound or more, one said to exceed a qintar, punching half a cubit into the ground like a couched bull; a fall the annals had never heard the like of, uprooting great olive and apple trees {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 214}."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "نظرة عامة",
     "markdown": "في سنة 420هـ وقع بالنعمانية من العراق برد عظام إلى الغاية كل واحدة رطل وأكثر، حتى قيل إن بردة وُجدت تزيد على قنطار؛ وقد نزلت في الأرض نحو نصف ذراع فكانت كالثور البارك، وفي التاريخ لم يُسمع بمثلها؛ قلعت الأصول العاتية من الزيتون والتفاح {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 214}."
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     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "In 420 giant hail fell at al-Nu'maniyya in Iraq — each stone a pound and more; one was said to exceed a qintar. It lay half a cubit deep on the ground like a crouching bull — the like unheard of in history — and uprooted the mighty trunks of olives and apples {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 214}."
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     "heading": "جائزہ",
     "markdown": "سن 420ھ میں نعمانیہ عراق میں عظیم اولے گرے — ہر ایک ایک رطل یا زیادہ؛ کہا گیا ایک اولہ قنطار سے بڑا ملا۔ زمین پر نصف ذراع تک جمع ہوئے جیسے لیٹا ہوا بیل — تاریخ میں ایسا نہیں سنا گیا — زیتون اور سیب کے مضبوط تنوں کو اکھاڑا {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 214}۔"
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