English from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)
In this year [460 H. = 1067-1068], there was a violent earthquake at Ramla which damaged it so badly that
water overflowed from wells and, according to Ibn al-Athir, 25,000 inhabitants perished. Abu Yalu ben
Qalanisi records that there were about 200 children in a school at Ramla when it collapsed on top
of them, but no-one went to look for them because their families had perished as well, and
Baniyas was struck in the same way. Ibn al-Sabuni has said:
An Alawite who happened to be in the Hejaz, has told how there was an earthquake in the period mentioned,
that is to say on Tuesday 11 Jumada / [460 H. = 18 March 1068], and how it caused two merlons [on the minaret] to
collapse at the Mosque of the Prophet [at Medina] may the prayer of God and peace be with him and how the earth
split open and gold and silver treasures came forth, and a spring gushed forth, and Aylat was destroyed with its
inhabitants, and at Tabuk three springs all appeared at the same time.
As for Ibn al-Athir, he has said that the rock of [the mosque of] Jerusalem split open and then came
together again thanks to the will of God; and the sea receded from the shore for a distance equal
to a day[s walk]; people went down along the sea bed to see what they could find, but the water came
back over them and they perished.
| Description in al-Dhahabi |
al-Dhahabi's Source |
Description in al-Dhahabi's Source |
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25,000 inhabitants perished in Ramla |
Ibn al-Athir |
destroyed Ramla where 25,000 inhabitants perished. |
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there was a violent earthquake at Ramla which damaged it so badly that water overflowed from wells |
Ibn al-Athir |
destroyed Ramla where water in wells rose to the surface, |
not specifically attributed to Ibn al-Athir but is so similar that this seems to be the case. |
the rock of [the mosque of] Jerusalem split open and then came together again |
Ibn al-Athir |
In Jerusalem, the rock [of the Mosque of Omar, or perhaps the mosque itself, which was known as the Mosque of the Rock], split open, but by the will of God closed up again |
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unlocated tsunami - the sea receded from the shore for a distance equal to a day[s walk];
people went down along the sea bed to see what they could find, but the water came back over them and they perished. |
Ibn al-Athir |
The sea receded from the coast for a distance equal to a day's journey, and when it came back it struck those who had approached the shore, killing a great many people. |
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there were about 200 children in a school at Ramla when it collapsed on top
of them, but no-one went to look for them because their families had perished as well |
al-Qalanisi |
It was said that a schoolteacher was in his classroom with about 200 children, and the classroom roof collapsed on top of
them, but no-one went to look for [their bodies] because their families had perished as well. |
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Baniyas was struck in the same way as Ramla |
al-Qalanisi |
At Baniyas about a hundred people perished in the ruins |
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An Alawite stated that the earthquake caused two merlons [on the minaret] to collapse at the Mosque of the Prophet [at Medina] |
Ibn al-Sabuni |
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perhaps the same personage as 12th century CE Nur al-Din al-Sabuni ? |
the earth split open and gold and silver treasures came forth and a spring gushed forth |
Ibn al-Sabuni |
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Aylat was destroyed with its inhabitants |
Ibn al-Sabuni |
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at Tabuk three springs all appeared at the same time. |
Ibn al-Sabuni |
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