Fallen Walls of Tripoli Quake(s)

Concise History of Humanity by Abu'l-Fida

المختصر في أخبار البشر by أبو الفداء

Aliases

Aliases	Arabic
Abu'l-Fida	أبو الفداء
Abū al-Fidāʾ	أبو الفداء
Abulfeda	Latinized
Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī b. Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Shāhanshāh b. Ayyūb b. Shādī b. Marwān	إسماعيل بن علي بن محمود بن محمد بن عمر بن شاهنشاه بن أيوب بن شادي بن مروان

Background and Biography

Excerpts

English from Ambraseys (2009)

from Ambraseys (2009)

(3 January 1063) At the same time there was a great earthquake throughout Syria which razed many cities to the ground, and overturned the wall of Tripoli (Abu’l Fida iii. 199).

Original Document

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Chronology

Ambraseys (2009) supplied a date of 3 January 1063 CE in his excerpt but did not report the original date in the Islamic Calendar. 3 January 1063 CE in the Julian Calendar corresponds to 29 Dhu l-Hijja A.H. 454 (calculated using CHRONOS).

Seismic Effects

There was a great earthquake throughout Syria which razed many cities to the ground, and overturned the wall of Tripoli

Locations

Throughout Syria (razed many cities)
Tripoli

Online Versions and Further Reading

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