Zohar et al. (2015) compared drawings made before 1833 CE with those from 1838 CE and later, concluding that the Ottoman minaret known as al-Nabi Daʾud atop King David’s Sepulchre on Mount Zion was rebuilt to a shorter height, probably after suffering damage in the 1834 CE Fellahin Revolt Quake. The contemporary eyewitness Neophytos recorded thata minaret fell in Jerusalem. Because of their tall and slender form, minarets are particularly susceptible to earthquake damage.
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