1365-10-12-Alexandria: Difference between revisions
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|Disease=Wabāʾ | |Disease=Wabāʾ | ||
|Keyword=Epidemics; Mortality; Women | |Keyword=Epidemics; Mortality; Transmission route; Women | ||
|Reference=al-Nuwayrī - Kitāb al-Ilmām 1968-1976, vol. 4 (1970), p. 295. | |Reference=al-Nuwayrī - Kitāb al-Ilmām 1968-1976, vol. 4 (1970), p. 295. | ||
|Reference translation=Translation needed | |Reference translation=Translation needed | ||
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1365-10 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | Autumn | |
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Alexandria | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | Air | |
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | Wabāʾ | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | War | |
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Arabic | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Epidemics, Mortality, Transmission route, Women | |
| last edited | 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
A Muslim woman who had been taken prisoner by the Franks who had seized Alexandria in October 1365 reportedly related that after the Franks had withdrawn from the city [around October 12], an epidemic (wabāʾ) broke out among its inhabitants. The disease was caused by an odor that altered the air and by the smell emanating from the bodies of those who had been killed during the conquest and whose corpses had been lying around for too long. The maximum daily death toll exceeded 100. The woman, then, began to work as a washer of female corpses in order to earn a living.
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