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Clearing up the Description of Earthquakes by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti

كتاب كشف الصلصلة عن وصف الزلزلة by عبد الرحمن بن كمال الدين أبي بكر بن محمد سابق الدين خضر الخضيري الأسيوطي

Aliases
Aliases Arabic
Al-Suyuti
As-Suyuti
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
Abu 'l-Fadl 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad Djalal al_Din al-Khudayri
Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts
English from Ambraseys (2009)

‘([5]33) The inhabitants of Aleppo were affected by 80 earthquake shocks in one night. Abu Ya’la Ibn al-Qalanisi said: “The entire world was affected by these earthquakes; only those which occurred at H’alab were more violent: they destroyed the wall of this town as well as the towers of the citadel.”’ (al-Suyuti 76/24).

English from Sprenger (1843)

A.H. 533. At Jannezah 130,000 persons lost their lives. Jannezah sunk and the spot was covered with black water for the distance of ten farsangs; also Aleppo suffered eighty shocks in one night. It was was felt over all the world, but strongest in Aleppo.

English from Sprenger (1843) - embedded



An Original Manuscript - Arabic

  • The Noor book courtesy of Najib Abou Karaki (personal correspondence, 2022)



























Chronology
Date Reference Corrections Notes
8 September 1138 CE - 27 August 1139 CE A.H. 533 none
Seismic Effects
  • The inhabitants of Aleppo were affected by 80 earthquake shocks in one night
  • al-Qalanisi said: “The entire world was affected by these earthquakes; only those which occurred at H’alab [aka Aleppo] were more violent: they destroyed the wall of this town as well as the towers of the citadel.
Locations Sources
Sources

Notes and Further Reading
References