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1749. Vol. I, p. 86. ines 
This account is not altogether intelligible, and I have not been 
able to find any other testimony concerning the occurrence. 
(13.) A. D. 855. October 17. “This year there was a fall of 
stars during the night preceding the first day of the month 
Djomadi I, (Hegira 241,) which continued from the begin- 
ning of the night until dawn. At the same period earthquakes 
were felt in all parts of the world.” 
_ “Dans cette année (savoir 241) il arriva une chute d’étoiles 
dans la nuit (c’est-a dire qui précéde le jeudi) dans la nouvelle 
lune, (le premier quartier,) du Dschumadi II, et qui dura depuis 
le commencement de la nuit jusqu’a Vaurore. Il y eut en méme 
temps des tremblements de terre dans le monde entier.”— Tarich 
el-Mansury, Cod. 521: Acad. Sci. Jol. 51; cited by M. Fraehn, 
ina communication to the Imp. Acad. Sci. of St. Petersburgh, 
Dee. 1, 1837 ; quoted in L’ Institut, Paris, No. 252, p. 350. Oct. 
25, 1838. aS 
(14.) A. D. 899. November 14. “In the year 286 (of the He- 
gira,) there was an earthquake in Egypt, on Wednesday, the 7th 
of the month Djolkaada, from midnight until morning, and the 
Stars called Schuhub, (luminous meteors,) were in extraordinary 
Commotion, going from east to west, and from north to south, in 
such a manner that no mortal could look at the heavens.” 
“Dans Vannée 286, il y eut en Egypte, un tremblement de 
terre le mercredi 7 du mois de Sulkade, depuis le milieu de la 
‘nuit jusqu’au matin, et les étoiles qu’on nomme Schuhub, (i. e. 
le météore lumineux) s’agitérent d’une maniére extraordinaire en 
Se mouvant de l’est 4 l’ouest et du nord au sud, de facon qu’au- 
cun mortel ne pouvait jeter les yeux sur le ciel.” —Elmacini His- 
tor. Saracen., Arab. et Lat., op. E'rpenii, p. 181, quoted by M. . 
aehn, I? Institut, No. 252, p. 350. 
(15.) A.D. 901. -“'The whole hemisphere was filled with 
those meteors called failing stars, the ninth of Dhu’lhajja, (288th 
year of the Hegira,) [A. D. 901, November 25,] from midnight 
till Morning, to the great surprise of the beholders, in Egypt.”— 
Modern Part of the Universal History. 8vo. Vol. 2, p. 281. 
Lond. 1780 f 
(16.) A. D. 902. “In the month Djolkaada of the year 289, (of 
© Hegira,) died king Ibrahim ben Ahmet, and during the same 
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