At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In 455 AH there was an earthquake at Antioch, Latakia and part of the lands of Rum (Byzantine territory); and in Dhu al-Hijja of that year there was an earthquake in the land of Wasit that lasted a long time. 1
The scene
In that same year a plague broke out in Mudar, from which about a thousand funerals went out in a single day. It was also the year in which Sultan Tughrilbek died at al-Rayy, and after him his nephew Alp Arslan took over the kingdom. In Muharram 456 Amid al-Mulk al-Kunduri was arrested, and Nizam al-Mulk was given a robe of honour. 2
Connections
- Occurred at
- Antioch· al-Ladhiqiyya (Latakia)
People and things also explored
Byzantine capture of Antioch· The Conquest of Antioch· The Conquest of al-Ladhiqiyya· The Franks Take Antioch and the Massacre at Ma'arra, 491· The great Levantine coast earthquake, 811· Hims (Emesa)· al-Jurjuma· Qinnasrin
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.566
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.566,574-576
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islam.museum contributors. “The earthquake of Antioch and Latakia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/antioch-earthquake-455/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.