The Complete History by Ibn al-Athir

الكامل في التاريخ by علي عز الدین بن الاثیر الجزري

Aliases

Aliases	Aliases
Ibn al-Athir	الدین بن
Ali 'Izz al-Din Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari	علي عز الدین بن الاثیر الجزري
Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ash-Shaybani

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

Characterization in English from Taher (1996)

• from Taher (1996)

140/757 : earthquakes in al-Massîsa ; the surrounding wall is weakened. The caliph al-Mansûr decrees the reconstruction of al-Massisa under the responsibility of Djibrayl b. Yahya . The inhabitants of this town were few in number. The wall was rebuilt and the city was called al- Ma`mûra . The construction manager builds a large mosque. He paid the wages of 1000 workers⁶⁷.

Footnotes

67 B. al-Athîr , al-Kâmil , 5/500. This is the ancient Greek city of Mopsuestia, cf. Honigmann , EI, t. III, p. 591-596.

Poirier and Taher (1980)'s Ibn al-Athir references

• Poirier and Taher (1980) list Ibn al-Athir as a source for an earthquake in AH 140 (25 May 757 to 13 May 758 CE) in Msis (Mopsuestia).

(7) Ibn Al Athir Abu Hassan 'Ali
· "Al Kamil fi at Tarikh", edited by Tornberg, Leyden, 1851-1876.
· "al Tarikh al Bahir fi ad Dawla al Atabikya", edited by Tolymat, Cairo, 1963.

Original Document

Chronology

Year	Reference	Corrections	Notes
25 May 757 - 13 May 758 CE	A.H. 140	none	Calculated with CHRONOS

Seismic Effects

• earthquakes in al-Massîsa
• the surrounding wall is weakened
• The caliph al-Mansûr decrees the reconstruction of al-Massisa under the responsibility of Djibrayl b. Yahya
• The inhabitants of this town were few in number
• The wall was rebuilt and the city was called al- Ma`mûra
• The construction manager builds a large mosque.

Locations

• al-Massîsa (Mopsuestia).

Sources

Sources

Online Versions and Further Reading

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