Tyre suffered extensive destruction during the earthquake of 1202 CE. Multiple independent sources describe severe structural collapse and heavy loss of life in the city. According to Geoffrey of Donjon, Tyre experienced the collapse of its walls, towers, churches, and houses, leaving the city so devastated that contemporaries believed it might never be restored. He further reports that an immense number of inhabitants were killed when buildings collapsed upon them. Other sources provide similar descriptions of the destruction. Robert of Auxerre records that nearly the entire city was overturned, with all but three of its towers collapsing and the ramparts heavily damaged. Similarly, Philipe Du Plessis states that almost all of Tyre’s towers and walls fell, and that many inhabitants were buried beneath collapsed houses. Arabic and Syriac chroniclers confirm that the earthquake devastated cities along the Levantine littoral. Ibn al-Athir notes that the walls of Tyre were destroyed and that the earthquake caused widespread damage throughout Syria. Other historians such as Abu Shama, Bar Hebraeus, and Ibn al-Dawādārī likewise describe the destruction of Tyre and other coastal cities including Acre, Tripoli, and Beirut. Later documents and administrative records also preserve evidence of the destruction. Property records cited by Marsilio Zorzi refer to houses, bakeries, and other structures in Tyre that had been destroyed in the earthquake. Additional chroniclers such as Abu'l-Fida and Ibn al-Wardi simply summarize the outcome by stating that the walls of Tyre were torn down or that the city was destroyed. Taken together, these accounts depict an earthquake that caused catastrophic structural collapse at Tyre, destroying most of its towers and fortifications, leveling large portions of the city, and killing many of its inhabitants as buildings collapsed throughout the urban area.