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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 that a minaret fell in Jerusalem. Because of their tall and slender form, minarets are particularly susceptible to earthquake damage.

By Jefferson Williams