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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 Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

In the year 608 [H. = 1212-1213], 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 some towers in its citadel were destroyed and many people died in the ruins. Smoke was seen to come down from heaven to earth between dusk and evening at the tomb of Atika in the western part of Damascus.

English from Sprenger (1843)

A.H. 608. In Egypt and Cairo many persons lost their lives, and great smoke arose west of Damascus.

English from Sprenger (1843) - embedded



An Original Manuscript - Arabic

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



























Chronology
Year Reference Corrections Notes
15 June 1211 - 2 June 1212 CE A.H. 608 none Calculated using CHRONOS
Seismic Effects
  • violent earthquake in Egypt and at Cairo, and many houses were destroyed
  • also an earthquake at Al-Karak and Shubak, and some towers in its citadel were destroyed and many people died in the ruins
  • Smoke was seen to come down from heaven to earth between dusk and evening at the tomb of Atika in the western part of Damascus.
Locations
  • Egypt
  • Cairo
  • Al-Karak
  • Shubak
Notes and Further Reading
References