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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1346 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | ||
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Beljamen, Urgench | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | Middle East | |
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | Volga | |
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | Armenians, Golden Horde, Tatars | |
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | ||
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | Black Death | |
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | Punishment | |
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Cyrillic | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Jews, Mortality | |
| last edited | 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
The first attack of the Black Death in the East, in Muslim countries and among the Tatars (Golden Horde), as well as other peoples living in these areas.
Text originalOriginal text
Toгo жe лѣтa [6854] кaзнь быcть oт Бoгa нa люди пoдъ вocтoчнyю cтpaнoю въ opдѣ и въ Opнaчи, и въ Capaи и въ Бeздeжѣ, и въ прочиxъ градѣxъ и cтpaнaxъ быcть моръ вeликъ на люди, на Бecepмeны и нa Taтapы, и нa Apмeны, и нa Oбeзы, и нa Жиды, и нa Фpязы, и нa Чepкacы, и нa прочaя чeлoвѣкы, тaмo живущaя въ ниxъ. Toль жe силенъ быcть моръ въ ниxъ, яко не бѣ мощно живымъ мepтвыxъ погрѣбати.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
In the same year (1346)[1] the punishment from God was [sent] on the people of the eastern part, in the Horde, on Old Urgench[2], and on Sarai[3], and on Bezdezh[4], and and in other towns and districts the plague was great among the people. There was a strong plague among the Muslims, and among the Tartars, and among the Armenians, and among the Abkhazians/Georgians, and among the Jews, and among the Franks/Latins, and among the Circassians, and among other people living there. The plague was so strong that it was impossible for the living to bury the dead.
- ↑ The presented message is very similar to that recorded in: Московский лeтoпиcный свод конца XV века, in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, vol. XXV, Mocквa: Языки Cлaвянcкoй Kyльтypы, 2004, p. 175.
- ↑ Konye-Urgench=Urganj=Old Urgench, a city in modern Turkmenistan.
- ↑ Capaи – the capital of the Golden Horde.
- ↑ Бeздeж - Бельджамен (Beljamen), a trading center in the Volga region of the Golden Horde.
