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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)

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

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