Late account of the lighthouse after the destruction of the 1303 Crete earthquake include Ibn Battuta , a Moroccan scholar and explorers passage through Alexandria in 1326 and 1349 . Battuta notes the wrecked condition of the lighthouse being only noticeable now by the rectangle tower and entrance ramp . Battuta 's account measured each side of the tower to be 140 shibr ( 30.8 m , 101 ft ) on either side . Battuta detailed plans of Sultan An-Nasir Muhammad to build a new lighthouse near the currently collapsed one but the plans were never fulfilled after the sultan 's death in 1341
1303 Crete earthquake
1303 Crete earthquake
Lighthouse of Alexandria