1348-09-00-Cairo
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1348-09 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | 1348-10 | + |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | Autumn | |
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Cairo, Mecca | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | Ayla | |
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | Plague, Wabāʾ | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | Black Death | |
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Arabic | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Epidemics | |
| last edited | 9. 01. 2026 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
A pilgrimage caravan left Cairo for Mecca in Rajab 749 H (September 26 to October 24, 1348). The Black Death accompanied it until it reached the Ayla pass (ʿAqaba).
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When I arrived in Cairo I found that the Grand Qāḍī ʿIzz al-Dīn, son of the Grand Qāḍī Badr al-Dīn, son of Jamāʿa, had set out for Mecca in a huge caravan called Rajabī, because it leaves in the month of Rajab. I was told that the plague was among them until they reached the pass of Aila where it ceased.
