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Fragments of Gold in the Accounts of Those Who Have Departed by Ibn al-Imad

Shadharat al-dhahab fi akhbar man dhahab by إبن العماد

Aliases
Aliases Arabic
Ibn al-ʿImād إبن العماد
ʿAbd al-Ḥayy bin Aḥmad bin Muḥammad ibn al-ʿImād al-ʿAkarī al-Ḥanbalī Abū al-Falāḥ عبد الحي بن أحمد بن محمد ابن العماد العكري الحنبلي أبو الفلاح
Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts
English from Ambraseys (2009)

the earth split the walls of the Bab al-Faradis and reached the school of Muqaddamyya.’ (Ibn al-Hambali, Shadharat 5/381)

English machine translated from Arabic

A.H. 683

In Shaaban, the huge increase was in Damascus at night, and the Egyptian military [Nazala] was in the valley, so he went to them indescribable, destroyed houses, collapsed rivers, broke water locks Bab al-Faradis, entered until he reached the School of Al-Muqaddiya, and broke the Bab al-Faradis bridge.

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Chronology
Year Reference Corrections Notes
13 Oct. 1284 - 10 Nov. 1284 CE Sha'ban A.H. 683 none Calculated using CHRONOS.
Seismic Effects
  • the earth split the walls of Bab al-Faradis and reached the school of Muqaddamyya
  • destroyed houses (due to military activity unrelated to an earthquake ?)
  • collapsed rivers (due to flooding and unrelated to an earthquake ?)
  • broke water locks Bab al-Faradis (due to flooding and unrelated to an earthquake ?)
  • broke the Bab al-Faradis bridge (due to flooding and unrelated to an earthquake ?)
Locations
  • Damascus
Online Versions and Further Reading
References

Notes
Ambraseys (2009) terminology

As he is sometimes wont to do, Ambraseys (2009) refers to Ibn al-Imad by a less common variant of his name - Ibn al-Hanbali.