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The Book on Rightly ordered Things and the Collection of Necessary Things dealing with the History of the Kings and the Nation by Ibn al-Jawzi

Kitab al-muntazam by ابن الجوزي

Aliases
Aliases Arabic
Ibn al-Jawzi ابن الجوزي
al-Jauzi ابن ال
Jamaladdin Abul-Faraj 'Abdarrahman ibn abil-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Jauzi al-Qurashi at-Taymi al-Bakri
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad Abu 'l-Faras̲h̲ b. al-Jawzī
Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts
English from Ambraseys (2009)

(a.H. 425) An earthquake occurred at Ramla. The inhabitants evacuated the town together with their children, wives and slaves and spent eight days outside. The earthquake destroyed a third of the town and knocked down the great mosque, killing a large part of the population. Then it spread towards Nablus where it destroyed the houses and had 300 victims. It overturned - a neighbouring village which was swallowed up in the earth with its people and its livestock; other villages met with the same fate. Part of the wall of the mosque of Jerusalem collapsed, as well as a large part of the synagogue of David; part of the mosque of Abraham was destroyed but the chamber was saved. The minaret of the great mosque of Askalan collapsed, and the pinnacle of the minaret of Ghaza suffered the same fate. At the same time the plague struck Baghdad. (Ibn al-Jauzi, al-Munt, 8/77).

English from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

There was an earthquake at Ramla. The inhabitants abandoned the town with their children, wives and slaves, and spent eight days outside [the walls]. The earthquake destroyed a third of the town, reduced the congregational mosque to ruins, and killed a large proportion of the populace. The earthquake then reached Nablus, where it destroyed half the houses, killing three hundred people. A nearby village was swallowed up by the earth with its people and animals; and other villages suffered the same fate. Part of the city walls of Jerusalem collapsed; a large piece fell off the prayer niche (mihrab) of David (peace be upon him); and the Mosque of Abraham (peace be upon him) [at Hebron] was partly destroyed. The Mosque of the Rock was not damaged. The minaret collapsed at the congregational mosque in Ascalon; and the same thing happened to the top of the minaret in Gaza. At this same time, plague was spreading in Baghdad.

Chronology
Year Reference Corrections Notes
26 November 1033 to 15 November 1034 CE A.H. 425 none Calculated using CHRONOS
Seismic Effects
  • destroyed a third of the town [of Ramla] and knocked down the great mosque, killing a large part of the population
  • In Nablus, it destroyed the houses and had 300 victims
  • In a neighboring village of Nablus, the village village which was swallowed up in the earth with its people and its livestock; other villages met with the same fate.
  • Part of the wall of the mosque of Jerusalem collapsed
  • Part of the city walls of Jerusalem collapsed
  • a large part of the synagogue of David in Jerusalem collapsed
  • a large piece fell off the prayer niche (mihrab) of David (in Jerusalem ?)
  • part of the mosque of Abraham was destroyed but the chamber was saved
  • the Mosque of Abraham [at Hebron] was partly destroyed
  • The Mosque of the Rock (in Jerusalem) was not damaged
  • The minaret of the great mosque of Askalan collapsed
  • the pinnacle of the minaret of Ghaza suffered the same fate (collapsed)
Locations mentioned
  • Ramla.
  • Nablus and a neighboring village
  • Jerusalem
  • Hebron
  • Askalan
  • Ghaza
Sources
Sources

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Notes
Ibn al-Jawzi vs. Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi