Clearing up the Description of Earthquakes by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti

كتاب كشف الصلصلة عن وصف الزلزلة by عبد الرحمن بن كمال الدين أبي بكر بن محمد سابق الدين خضر الخضيري الأسيوطي

Aliases

Aliases	Arabic
Al-Suyuti
As-Suyuti
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
Abu 'l-Fadl 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad Djalal al_Din al-Khudayri

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

English from a French Translation by Nejjar (1973-1974)

• from Nejjar (1973-1974)

In A.H. 239 [June 12, 853/June 1, 854], an earthquake shook T'abariyya [Tiberias] (97) to the point that the ground moved [shifted].

Footnotes

97) Tiberias (modern Tveryah), a city in Palestine, located on the western shore of Lake Kinneret or the Sea of Galilee). Al-Muqaddasi notes, around 985 AD, that the city, which is located between the mountain and the sea, "stretched in length for about a farsang" (6 km); its width is very restricted. Al-Muqaddasi Ah'san at-Takasim..., p. 177. This city suffered an earthquake in 1759 and then another in 1837, which was more violent and destroyed a large part of this city. Cf. Fr. Buhl, E.I., pp. 609-610

English from Sprenger (1843)

• from an abridged translation by Sprenger (1843:742)

239. At Tiberias.

English from Sprenger (1843) - embedded

• see two-thirds of the way down on page 742 stating 239. At Tiberias.
• from an abridged translation by Sprenger (1843:742)
• from archive.org

Original Document

• The Noor book courtesy of Najib Abou Karaki (personal correspondence, 2022)

Chronology

Year	Reference	Corrections	Notes
12 June 853 - 1 June 854 CE	A.H.239	none	Calculated using CHRONOS

Seismic Effects

• an earthquake shook T'abariyya [Tiberias] to the point that the ground moved [shifted]

Locations

• Tiberias

Notes and Further Reading

References