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Earthquake(s) Source(s)
Incense Road Quake Guidoboni et al (1994) opined that Elias' source for the Incense Road Quake/ Eusebius Mystery Quake was Eusebius' account. Elias listed his source as the Chronological Canon of Andronicus.
Jordan Valley Quake(s) Elias cited his source for the Jordan Valley Quake(s) as Jesudenah of Basra who is hypothesized to be the same source used by Theophanes for his earthquake account.
717 CE Quake Elias of Nisibis cited the lost history of Musa al-Khwarizmi’ as his source for the 717 CE Quake.
749 CE Sabbatical Year Quake(s) Elias of Nisibis cited the lost history of Musa al-Khwarizmi’ and Daniel the Jacobite (aka Daniel, son of Moses of Tur Abdin) as his source for the 749 CE Sabbatical Year Quake(s)