al-Umari

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

Characterization by Ambraseys (2009)

• from Ambraseys (2009)

Ambraseys (2009) notes that Al-Umari (f. 47r) gives only a.H. 381, but notes that the village which sank into the ground with great loss of life was called Duma, which is next to Damascus instead of near Baalbek as [Yahya] al-Antaki says, and gives Safar 17 a.H. 381, a Friday = Tuesday 5 May 991 for the final aftershock. Ambraseys (2009) also notes that in al-Umari’s text the reading of Duma is not certain; it could be Dummar or most probably Dumayr, an important station on the trunk road to the north of Damascus.

Chronology

Main Shock

Year	Reference	Corrections	Notes
20 March 991 - 8 March 992 CE	A.H. 381	none	Calculated with CHRONOS

Final Aftershock

Year	Reference	Corrections	Notes
5 May 991 CE	17 Safar A.H. 381	none	Calculated with CHRONOS

Locations

• Duma¹

Footnotes

Ambraseys (2009) notes that in al-Umari’s text the reading of Duma is not certain; it could be Dummar or most probably Dumayr, an important station on the trunk road to the north of Damascus.

Online Versions and Further Reading

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