1843.] As-Soyutis work on Earthquakes. 745 



460. Tuesday 11th Jomadalawwal, an earthquake in Palestine: 

 Ramla was destroyed. It extended to the Hejaz. It reached also 

 Wadi El-Szafr, Khaiber, Bedr, Yanba, Wadi-kora, Teima and Tabuk, 

 and it extended as far as Kufa ; only two houses of Ramla remained, 

 25,000 persons perished. 'Aila was destroyed with all its inhabitants, 

 the earthquake was also felt at Jerusalem. The sea receded from the 

 coast, but soon returned again into its place. In all these countries 

 it was felt at the same hour. 



462. Tuesday 11th Jomadalawwal at Ramla, and its dependen- 

 cies, Jerusalem and Egypt. One corner of the principal mosque of 

 Cairo gave way ; it was immediately succeeded by two other earth- 

 quakes. 



464. The earth trembled six times at Bagdad in one earthquake. 



478. In Moharrem there was an earthquake at Arjan, under which 

 many Greeks perished. 



479. In Irak, in Mesopotamia and in Syria, many buildings were 

 destroyed by an earthquake. 



484. In Syria and elsewhere, many buildings, ninety villages, and 

 the walls of Antiochia were destroyed by an earthquake. 



508. In Mesopotamia thirteen villages belonging to Roha were des- 

 troyed, and part of the walls of Harran ; also in Elsun about 100 houses 

 and one-half of the fortress were destroyed. 



511. In the days of Arafat were many houses destroyed at Bagdad. 



513. The 5th of Ramadan Kazwin was destroyed by an earthquake 

 which returned the following year precisely at the same time. 



515. In the Hejaz. 



516. At Jannezah part of its wall sunk. 



524. Rabi 1st, at Bagdad, many houses were destroyed. 



529. At Bagdad several shocks; it began on Thursday the 11th of 

 Shawal and lasted the whole day, amounting to six shocks until Friday 

 night. On the 17th, three shocks took place from midnight till day-break. 



532. An earthquake in Syria, Mesopotamia and Irak; many per- 

 sons were buried under the ruins. 



533. At Jannezah 130,000 persons lost their lives. Jannezah 

 sunk, and the spot was covered with black water for the distance of 

 ten farsangs ; also Aleppo suffered eighty shocks in one night. It 

 was felt over all the world, but strongest in Aleppo. 



