as-Suyūṭī wrote that in A.H. 508 (7 June 1114 CE – 26 May 1115 CE), an extremely violent earthquake took place in the territory of al-Jazira, causing thirteen towers of Ruha to collapse, damaging part of the city wall and numerous houses in Harran, and destroying one hundred houses and half of the citadel of Balis. Sumaysat was said to have disappeared under the ground, and a great number of victims were mourned.