Leveled Readings / Ibn al-Athir: On the Tatars (Mongols)
Ibn al-Athir: On the Tatars (Mongols)
Ibn al-Athir, The Complete History (1220–1221)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…this thing involves the description of the greatest catastrophe and the most dire calamity (of the like of which days and nights are innocent) which befell all men generally, and the Muslims in particular…”
Adapted · about grade 4
This is the story of the worst disaster ever to happen to people, and to Muslims most of all.
Adapted · about grade 7
This is the account of the greatest catastrophe and worst disaster that ever struck humankind, and Muslims in particular.
Adapted · about grade 10
This account describes the greatest catastrophe and most dire calamity ever to befall humanity in general, and the Muslims in particular.