زلازل الري وخسف الطالقان
زلازل الري وخسف الطالقان
c. 958 CE · 346 AH
In 346 the sea fell eighty cubits and isles and hills appeared in it; huge earthquakes struck Rayy — Talaqan was swallowed with all but some thirty men, a hundred and fifty of Rayy's villages sank, Hulwan mostly followed, the earth cast up the dead's bones and burst with water, a mountain was split, and, as Ibn al-Jawzi relays, a village hung suspended between heaven and earth half a day with its people before it sank, the ground gaping with stinking water and great smoke; the quakes returned to Qumm, Hulwan and the mountains in 347 1.
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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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In time
Overview
Al-Suyuti quotes Ibn al-Jawzi that in 346 AH the sea receded eighty cubits, and mountains and islands appeared in it that had never been known. There were great earthquakes in al-Rayy and its districts. 1
The sinking of the land
The town of Talaqan sank, and only about thirty men of its people escaped. A hundred and fifty villages of al-Rayy sank, and the matter reached Hulwan, and most of it sank. 1
Other scenes in the account
The earth threw out the bones of the dead and water gushed forth from it, and a mountain in al-Rayy was split. A village was suspended between heaven and earth with its people for half a day, and then sank. The earth was split by great fissures from which foul water and thick smoke came out. Then the earthquakes returned in 347 AH to Qum, Hulwan and the mountains, and destroyed a great number of people. 1
Note
This is a transmission from Ibn al-Jawzi in a single source, and needs an additional source.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 617-618
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islam.museum contributors. “زلازل الري وخسف الطالقان”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/rayy-talaqan-earthquake-346/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.