I found a dam which fits some characteristics, though not all:
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The Great Dam of Ma'rib
Recent*archaeological*findings suggest that simple*earth dams*and a*canal*network were constructed as far back as 2000 BCE.
The Great Dam of Ma'rib certainly dates back to about the 8th century BCE and is considered the oldest known dam in the world, being counted as one of the most wonderful feats of engineering in the ancient world.
The medieval Arab geographer*Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī*describes it thus:
It is between three mountains,
and the flood waters all flow to the one location,
and because of that the water only discharges in one direction;
and the ancients blocked that place with hard rocks and lead.
The water from springs gathers there as well as floodwater, collecting behind the dam like a sea.
Whenever they wanted to they could irrigate their crops from it, by just letting out however much water they needed from sluice gates;
once they had used enough they would close the gates again as they pleased.
The historical dam was severely damaged by a*Saudi airstrike*in the night of May 31, 2015.
Construction
The date of the first construction of the Dam at Ma’rib goes back to somewhere between 1750 and 1700 BCE.
The earliest inscription on the dam is one placed there at the time of its construction or repair of parts of the dam undertaken by Yithˁamar bin Samˁalī Yanūf, and the period of his reign is uncertain.
The following repair was in the time of Yada 'Il Bayyin who reigned in 780-750 BCE.
Renovations were then carried out by Dhamāḥ ‘Alī Dharāḥ, who reigned in 730-720 BCE.
Then Karab’il Bayyin, son of Yathˁimar, who reigned from 720-710 BCE.
All of these repairs were slight ones, essential maintenance, such as removing dirt, or opening water courses, or stopping up gaps. The*Makrib*Ali Yanouf Bin Dhamar Ali*(c. 790 BCE) had his name carved into parts of the dam to mark the completion and repair of the dam.....
....After the end of the Kingdom of Saba', the dam fell under the control of the*Ḥimyarites*in around 115 BCE.
They undertook a further reconstruction, creating a structure 14 meters high with extensive waterworks at both the northern and southern ends, with five spillway channels, two*masonry-reinforced*sluices, a*settling pond, and a 1000-meter canal to a distribution*tank.
These extensive works were not actually finalized until 325 AD and allowed the*irrigation*of 25,000 acres (100*km²).
Ancient South Arabian sources report that in about 145 BCE, the dam suffered a major breach during the war between the people of Raydān and the Kingdom of Saba’, and that is the very breach that many scholars consider to have caused the great flood of ˁArim mentioned in the Quran;
it is also mentioned in Arab proverbs which speak about the*hands of Saba'*having separated at that time.
The fighting between the Raydānites and the Sabaeans delayed the repair of the dam, and this caused devastating losses of crops and fruit, leading large numbers of people to disperse in search of new land capable of supporting life, so huge migrations ensued. It is still uncertain though whether it was that particular breach that caused the ‘flood of ˁArim’ or not, since some migrations certainly took place in the 2nd or 3rd centuries CE, and they are also ascribed to the breaking of the Dam of Ma’rib.
Generally speaking the dam was repaired twice shortly before the coming of Islam, once by Sharḥabīl Yaˁfar bin Abī Karab Yasˁad in 450 CE, and by*Abrahah in 543 CE,[7]*and the inscriptions on the dam explain the costs of repair and the large number of workers involved.
Final breach
Local tales report that the final breach of the dam had been predicted by a king called ‘Imrān, who was also a*soothsayer, and later by the wife of the king of the area.
In legend the breach was caused by large rats gnawing at it with their teeth and scratching it with their nails.
In 570 or 575, the dam was again overtopped, and this time left unrepaired.
The breaching and destruction of the Dam of Ma’rib was a historical event, and was alluded to in the Quran:
لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِي مَسْكَنِهِمْ آيَةٌ ۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ ۖ كُلُوا مِن رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ ۚ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ، فَأَعْرَضُوا فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ"
There was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left.
[They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord. But they turned away [refusing],
so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit,*tamarisks*and something of sparse*lote trees."
The consequent failure of the irrigation system provoked the migration of up to 50,000 people from Yemen to other areas of the Arabian Peninsula, and even to Syria and Iraq.
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83.*They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story."
84.*Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends.
85.*One (such) way he followed,
86.*Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."
87.*He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before).
88.*"But whoever believes, and works righteousness,- he shall have a goodly reward, and easy will be his task as We order it by our Command."
89.*Then followed he (another) way,
90.*Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun.
91.*(He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was before him.
92.*Then followed he (another) way,
93.*Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.
94.*They said: "O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great mischief on earth: shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us and them?
95.*He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute):
Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will erect a strong barrier between you and them:
96.*"Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead."
97.*Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
98.*He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my Lord is true."
99.*On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another: the trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.
100.*And We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see, all spread out,
101.*(Unbelievers) whose eyes had been under a veil from remembrance of Me, and who had been unable even to hear.
102.*Do the Unbelievers think that they can take My servants as protectors besides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers for (their) entertainment.
103.*Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?
104.*"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"
105.*They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight.
106.*That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.
107.*As to those who believe and work righteous deeds, they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,
108.*Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for from them.109.*Say: "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid."
110.*Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah. whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner.
From Quran Chapter 18
The Seals
1I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”*
2I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”*
4Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.*
6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two poundsa*of wheat for a day’s wages,b*and six poundscof barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!”
7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
8I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.
10They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”*
11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.
12I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
13and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
14The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.*
16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide usf*from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!*
17For the great day of theirg*wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
Revelation 6
When commerce and roads are blocked and trials increase, seven knowledgeable people will come from different directions without previous appointment. Each will receive the allegiance of over three hundred men until they meet in Mecca. The seven will meet and asked one another; 'What brought you here?' They will reply: 'In Search of the man upon whose hand the trials will be calmed, and for whom Constantinople will be opened. We know him by his name, his father's name, his mother's name, and his army.'
So the seven will agree upon this and search for him then find him in Mecca. So they will ask him: 'Are you so and so, son of so and so?' He will reply: 'No, I am a man from the supporters.' And escape from them, so they will describe him to people in their midst that are both righteous and knowledgeable and it will be said to them: 'The one whom you seek was in your company, and he will go to Medina.'
So they will search for him in Medina but at that time he will be in Mecca. So they will search for him in Mecca and say to him: 'You are so and so, son of so and so, and your mother is so and so, daughter of so and so, and in you are the signs of such and such, and such and such. You escaped from us once so stretch out your hands and we will pledge our allegiance to you.' So he will say: 'I am not your companion.'
Then he will escape from them so they will search for him in Medina when he has returned to Mecca, then they will find him in Mecca beside Al Rukn and say to him:
'Our sins will be upon you and our blood upon your neck if you do not stretch out your hand so that we may pledge our allegiance! The army of the Sufyaani is coming demanding us in which there is a man from Jurm.
So he will sit between Al Rukn and Al Makam and stretch out his hand and allegiance will be pledged to him. So, Allah will sow love of him in the chests of the people and he will lead a nation that are lions during the day and worshippers at night.
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