The Great Earthquake in Syria, 565 AH

In Shawwal 565 AH a great earthquake struck Syria, as the "Fragments of Gold" records. ¹

Ibn al-Imad reports that most of Damascus fell, together with the battlements of the Umayyad Mosque. He adds that half the citadel of Aleppo and its gate fell, and that eighty thousand people of Hama died. He says the castle of Hisn al-Akrad fell until no trace of its wall remained. ¹

The figures come from this source alone; an additional source is needed.