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  "ar": "زلزلة مصر الكبرى سنة 608",
  "en": "The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH"
 },
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  "ar": "في سنة ثمان وستمائة كانت زلزلة عظيمة بمصر هدمت دوراً كثيرة بالقاهرة ومات خلق كثير تحت الهدم {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 40}.",
  "en": "In 608 a great earthquake struck Egypt, razing many houses in Cairo and killing many beneath the ruins {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 40}."
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   "note": "سنة 608هـ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 40}."
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   "note": "سنة 608هـ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 40}."
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   "source": "شذرات الذهب لابن العماد — الجزء الخامس، ممسوح مكتبة الحصاد (AAlexandrina-001518)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في سنة ثمان وستمائة كانت زلزلة عظيمة بمصر هدمت دوراً كثيرة بالقاهرة ومات خلق كثير تحت الهدم {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 40}."
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     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In 608 AH a great earthquake struck Egypt. It destroyed many houses in Cairo, and many people died under the rubble {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 40}."
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   "updated": "2026-10-18"
  },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "608ھ میں مصر میں ایک بڑا زلزلہ آیا جس نے قاہرہ میں بہت سے مکانات گرا دیے، اور ملبے تلے بہت سے لوگ ہلاک ہو گئے۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 40}"
    }
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  "event/death-of-shirkuh-564",
  "event/egypt-famine-plague-695",
  "event/four-qadis-egypt-663",
  "event/ghuri-accession-906"
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