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Treasure of Pearls and the Collection of Shining Objects by Ibn al-Dawadari

Kanz al-durar wa-jāmiʿ al-ghurar by Ibn al-Dawādārī

Aliases
Aliases Arabic
Ibn al-Dawādārī
Sayf al-Din Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn Aybak al-Dawādārī
Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts
English from Ambraseys (2009)

(a.H. 565) That year there was a great earthquake in Aleppo, Baalbek, and their environs. Many people were killed. A bottomless fissure opened up in the mountains overlooking Baalbek. Earthquakes lasted for months, sometimes shaking day and night many times. (Ibn al-Dawadari, vii. 44).

Chronology
Date Reference Corrections Notes
25 Sept. 1169 to 13 Sept. 1170 CE A.H. 565 none calculated using CHRONOS
Seismic Effects
  • there was a great earthquake in Aleppo, Baalbek, and their environs
  • Many people were killed
  • A bottomless fissure opened up in the mountains overlooking Baalbek
  • Earthquakes lasted for months, sometimes shaking day and night many times
Locations mentioned
  • Aleppo
  • Baalbek
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