Great History of Islam by al-Dhahabi

تاريخ الإسلام by الذهبي

Aliases

Aliases	Arabic
Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī	شمس الدين الذهبي
Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ	سهامس ادءدين ابو عابديللاه موحامماد يبن احماد يبن عوتهمان يبن قايماظ يبن عابديللاه اتءتوركوماني الءفاريقي ادءديماسهقي (?)
ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī	عابديللاه اتءتوركوماني الءفاريقي ادءديماسهقي (?)

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

al-Dhahabi describing shaking or disturbances in Damascus that he did not explicitly ascribe to an earthquake.

English from Ambraseys (2009)

• from Ambraseys (2009)

(a.H. 683) Damascus and its district were strongly shaken. The Egyptian soldiers camped in the valley and the river flooded. (al-Dhahabi, al-’Ebar i. 5/342).

English from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

• from Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

In the month of Sha'ban, there were great disturbances at Damascus. Egyptian troops had descended on the area; destruction occurred, and rivers overflowed their banks.

Original Document

• not bookmarked

Chronology

Year	Reference	Corrections	Notes
13 Oct. 1284 - 10 Nov. 1284 CE	Sha'ban A.H. 683	none	Calculated using CHRONOS.

Seismic Effects

• Damascus and its district were strongly shaken (translation from Ambraseys, 2009)
• there were great disturbances at Damascus (translation from Guidoboni and Comastri, 2005)
• rivers overflowed their banks

Locations

• Damascus

Online Versions and Further Reading

References