| Earthquake(s) |
Source(s) |
| Sign of the Prophet Quake |
As-Suyuti (1445-1505 CE), in his book
Al-Khasais-ul-Kubra (4-5), states that he copied this passage from the book
Dala'il al-Nubuwwah (The Signs of Prophethood) written by Al-Bayhaqi in the 11th century CE.
According to as-Suyuti, Al-Bayhaqi relied on the authority of Marwan b. al-Hakam. |
| 717 CE Quake |
al-Suyuti cited his source as al-Mirat' by Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi |
| 749 CE Sabbatical Year Quakes |
Karcz (2004) provided the following summary of As-Suyuti's stated source:
As-Suyuti cites the eye witness evidence of
Abdalla al Katir, a well known historian and scientist (d. AH 196, 811/812 A.D.), transmitted by
al Wadai (d. AH 716, 1316/1317 A.D.)
|
| 847 CE Damascus and Homs Quake |
al-Suyuti cited his source as Ibn 'Asakir's Kitab al-zalazil (Book of earthquakes) |
| 11th Century CE Palestine Quakes |
Ambraseys (2009) describes as-Suyuti's account as a careful distillation of earlier sources, Ibn al-Jauzi in particular .
as-Suyuti cites Ibn al-Jauzi (aka Ibn al-Jawzi). |
| 1068 CE Quake(s) |
JW: Similarities in accounts suggests that Ibn al-Jawzi or Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi was one of as-Suyuti's sources and possibly
the Continuation of History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria by Mawhub ibn Mansur Mufarrij
or a subsequent derivation as well. |
| 1138 CE Aleppo Quake |
Al-Suyuti cites Ibn al-Qalanisi as a source |
| 1156-1159 CE Syria Quakes |
Ambraseys (2009:298)
states that as-Suyuti takes his events from Abu Shama. |
| 1293 CE Quake |
Ambraseys (2009) states that,
for the 1293 CE Quake,
Al-Suyuti's source is Ibn al-Mutawwaj (died 730/1330), who was also extensively used by al-Maqrizi in his Khitat on the
topography of Fustat, see Guest (1902, 116, 125) . |
