Kitab al-Ta'rikh (aka Annals) by Abu l’Fath

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

English from Karcz (2004)

• from Karcz (2004) as supplied from Paul Stenhouse

In the days of Marwan an extraordinarily powerful earthquake struck everywhere. Houses collapsed on their inhabitants and untold numbers of people perished. It was a terrible earthquake that had no precedent. Those who survived it stayed out in the open for many days while the earth was still shaking underneath them. (Dr. Paul L. Stenhouse, pers. comm. to Karcz: from MS Samaritain, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris).

Arabic with a Latin Preface

• not bookmarked
• from archive.org

Chronology

Date	Reference	Corrections	Notes
4 December 744 – 25 January 750 CE	In the days of Marwan	none	Context in the text indicates that this refers to Marwan II.

Seismic Effects

• an extraordinarily powerful earthquake struck everywhere
• Houses collapsed on their inhabitants and untold numbers of people perished
• Aftershocks - Those who survived it stayed out in the open for many days while the earth was still shaking underneath them

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