744 As- Soy utis work on Earthquakes. [No. 141. 



During the reign of Kafur the Akhshidian, repeated shocks of earth- 

 quakes visited Egypt within the space of six months. 



362. Several castles in Syria were ruined by an earthquake. 



363. At Wasit. 



376. Many persons perished under the ruins caused by an earthquake. 



393. In Syria, Abasim, and the Greek frontier, many castles were 

 ruined by an earthquake. 



398. In Shaban at Dinawar 10,000 persons perished under the 

 ruins, besides those swallowed up by the ground. An inundation 

 took place at Shiraz, and many ships were wrecked at sea. 



During the reign of El- Hakim El-Obeidi, who ruled from 386 to 411 

 in Egypt, several earthquakes took place. 



425. Many earthquakes took place in Egypt and Syria, by which 

 one-third of Ramlah was destroyed. The walls of Jerusalem fell down, 

 and many villages were swallowed up by the ground. 



434. At Tebris, the fortress and the town were nearly destroyed 

 by an earthquake, and about 40,000 persons perished. Many also pe- 

 rished at Tadmor and Balbek by the same cause. 



438. Khelat and Diarbekr. 



444. An earthquake in Ahwaz, by which much destruction was caused. 



450. In the month of Shaban an earthquake at Bagdad, which ex- 

 tended to Hamadan and Tekrit. 



455. Sha'ban ; at Wasit, Antiochia, Laodicea, Sul, Akka and over 

 all Syria. The walls of Tripolis were destroyed. 



458. Jomadal Akhr in Khorassan, mountains were split, and many 

 villages sunk under the inhabitants ; some saved themselves by taking 

 refuge in the open fields. Soyuti gives a copy of the document which 

 was sent to Bagdad on this occasion. The earthquake is thus describ- 

 ed : — " It caused the mountains to split ; it cleft hills, overturned 

 towns together with their inhabitants, and it levelled them with the 

 ground in such a way that but few people escaped. Most buildings 

 lay in ruins, and it is impossible to ascertain the number of those who 

 perished." 



