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The Zabid and Zayla' Earthquake, 910

زلزلة زبيد وزيلع 910هـ

between 1504 and 1505 CE · 910 AH

910: a great and dreadful earthquake struck Zabid and Zayla', buildings collapsing and Zayla's people fleeing to the open desert in fear 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
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1490150015101520
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Overview

Ibn Imad in "Shadharat al-Dhahab" relates that in 910 AH a great earthquake took place in the cities of Zabid and Zayla. 2

There was a collapse in the earthquake, and the people of Zayla went out into the desert in fear. 2

The data does not give the number of victims or the extent of the destruction, and it needs an additional source.

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 461
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.461
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