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The Book on Rightly ordered Things and the Collection of Necessary Things dealing with the History of the Kings and the Nation by Ibn al-Jawzi

Kitab al-muntazam by ابن الجوزي

Aliases
Aliases Arabic
Ibn al-Jawzi ابن الجوزي
al-Jauzi ابن ال
Jamaladdin Abul-Faraj 'Abdarrahman ibn abil-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Jauzi al-Qurashi at-Taymi al-Bakri
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad Abu 'l-Faras̲h̲ b. al-Jawzī
Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts
English from Ambraseys (2009)

(a.H. 455) In the month of Sha’aban an earthquake occurred at Antioch and Ladhiqyya, in part of the country of Rum, at Tripoli, Tyre and Acre in Sham. The walls of Tripoli collapsed. (Ibn al-Jauzi, al-Munt. 8/231).

English from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

In the month of Shaban, there were earthquakes at Antioch, Laodicea, in part of Byzantine territory, at Tripoli, at Sur, and at various places in the Syrian territories. The walls of Tripoli collapsed.

Chronology
Year Reference Corrections Notes
30 July - 27 August 1063 CE Sha’ban A.H. 455 none Calculated using CHRONOS
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Notes
Ibn al-Jawzi vs. Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi