Exhortations and Instructions on the Districts and Antiquities & Admonitions of the Orthodox by al-Maqrizi

Khitat & Itti’az by المقريزي

Aliases

Aliases	Arabic
Al-Maqrīzī	المقريزي
Maḳrīzī
Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī	تقي الدين أحمد بن علي بن عبد القادر بن محمد المقريزي

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

English from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

• from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

There was a violent earthquake in Egypt and at Cairo, and many houses were destroyed. There was also an earthquake at Al-Karak and Shubak and many people died in the ruins and a number of towers in its citadel were destroyed. And smoke was seen coming down from heaven to earth in Damascus between dusk and evening.

Seismic Effects

• a violent earthquake in Egypt and at Cairo, and many houses were destroyed
• an earthquake at Al-Karak and Shubak and many people died in the ruins and a number of towers in its citadel were destroyed
• smoke was seen coming down from heaven to earth in Damascus between dusk and evening.

Locations

• Egypt
• Cairo
• Al-Karak
• Shubak

Sources

Sources and Notes

Online Versions and Further Reading

References