1348-04-00-Crimea

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Date startStart date of the disease.	1348-04	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.		+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)	Spring
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Crimea, Cyprus, Damascus
RegionHistorical region(s)
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, Mortality
last edited	11. 12. 2025 by Erlinger.

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News about the Black Death (wabāʾ) in other countries kept reaching Damascus in early 749 H (the year starts in April 1348): Terrible things were told about Crimea where a great number of people had reportedly died. Afterwards the plague, it was told, was transmitted to the lands of the Franks. The majority of the inhabitants of Cyprus were said to have died from the plague.

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Ibn Kathīr - Al-Bidāya wa-l-nihāya 1997-1999, vol. 18 (1998), pp. 502-503. 1

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