Ambraseys (2009)
includes an excerpt from
Rasāʾil, MS Dār al-Kutub, Cairo,
f. 11, which contains a brief description of an
eclipse and an earthquake that are difficult to date and lack a
specified location.
The passage mentions
Nūr al-Dīn Zangī (r. 1146–1174 CE),
who appears to be involved in a judicial ruling that
Ṭāher (1979) includes in his
entry for the
1170 CE earthquake(s). In that
context, the account relates to Nūr al-Dīn’s efforts to employ
funds from the
waqf for the repair of
earthquake damage in Syria and Antioch.