a different report about it might have been listed also in Dall’Olmo (1978) for AD 776, but the event given in Dall’Olmo (1978) on [*two inflamed shields*]{} (seen above a church in Germany during the day) presumably from Annales Bertiniani[^4] were two sun-dogs (Neuhäu- ser & Neuhäuser 2014) mis-interpreted already by Dall’Ol- mo (1978) as [*two bright meteors or an aurora*]{}.

The two reports by [*al-abar*]{}*ī* as cited above are almost identical except that the 1st report says [*there fell down a star*]{}, while the 2nd report has [*there had fallen down a star*]{}. Both reports give the same (Muslim) date (3rd-to-last night of [*Shawwāl*]{}), even though Kennedy (1990) gives two different (western) dates - clearly in AD 775, which is well-established due to the death of the caliph in the same year slightly later.

*Location and Date*
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The place [*Qar  $^{\rm c}$Abdawayh*]{} is a castle or camp in the Baghdad area (Lassner 1970, Kennedy 1990). The word is of Persian origin. In the first report, it was said that, after leaving [*Qar  $^{\rm c}$Abdawayh*]{}, the group then went to [*al-Kūfah*]{} and stayed at [*al-Ruāfah*]{} (near [*al-Kūfah*]{}). [*Al-Kūfah*]{} is known to be located 170 km south of Baghdad on 