380 H. A. Newton on November Star-Showers, 
changed from A. H. 286 to A. H. 289. The extract was first 
quoted by Mr. Frihn, Bull. — de V Acad. de St. a vol. 
ili, p. 310, from Hist. Sarac..... a Georg. E]macino ... op.. 
Th. Erpenii, p. 181. 
om slay)3 ess KAS, (POA od CXS Ctaley cytileds Gow Rin by 
» alae oa eal vs ice 23 Up aes ss om oe 
wee 3 eligiad ee ais |. eh sal seer Laity ad 
In the year 286 there happened in Egypt a rthquake, on the Fourth Day [of 
the week], 0 on the 7th of Dhu-l-Ka’dah, jasting: from the middle of the night until 
morning; and so-called flaming stars struck one against another violent Ys, while 
being borne eaten and westward, northward and southward; and no one could 
bear to look toward the heavens, on account of this a aha menon. 
It is very desirable to determine the day on which this re 
markable shower occurred. The historical evidence, however, 
is — conflicting. The years A. D. 901 and 908 are mentioned, 
an e latter contended for, but both are manifest errors. 
even if they were several days apart, especially if thes h 
of the king’s death some days after it happened 
Among the Arab annalists, moreover, there is no agree 
as to Pint day of his death. Abu-l-fida states that he S died at of 
dysentery on ~~ night before Saturday the 19th day of the 
11th Moh, A. , 289 (Annales Muslemict .. . J. J. Reiskii, &¢. 
4°. Hafniae, il. 280), But the 19th of Dhu-l- ‘Ka’ dah was Mon- 
day instead of Saturday. Jannabi, according to Mr. Friha, 
* The following may refer to the same event. The ra gt aie was then ia 
H 
July. “903. Hoc anno mense Augusto stellae de 8 per isae sunt de 
cidisse.” Annales 8. Quintini Veromandensis: Pertz, xvi, 50 oT, 
The ictu (re of the following statement ab * doubtless suggested Fa 
shower. “Anno 901 descendit Abraham rex Sarracenorum in Calabriam, e6! : 
aeerotam viele et itil est ictu fulguris.” Lupi "Protospatas 
ea Rer. Ital. Ser., v, 38. 
is also not saatagbahts that the ig oa from than = Latif, ahora: by Mr. pion 
de this ot thet ae oe 354), refers to the we wee “2 gsuriccd inet © 
cag 290 [of t ijrah, inning oan ; me 
in Egypt, which seattered themselves sigecalls a air rhea boing the whole expanse 
They caused vent ¢ terror and increased continually.” 
