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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1369-05-9 | + |
| 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. | Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem | |
| 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, Ṭāʿūn | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Arabic | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Epidemics, Ṭāʿūn | |
| last edited | 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
Five men stated before a Jerusalem notary sometime between October 12 and 21, 1369 that they knew a shaykh named ʿAlī b. Badr al-Dīn who was a resident of Jerusalem. They stated they knew that the shaykh had left Jerusalem for Damascus while an epidemic (ṭāʿūn) was raging in the latter city and its surroundings. The shaykh had left Jerusalem in the beginning of the month of Shawwāl 770 H (May 9 to June 6, 1369) with a couple of associates and had stayed in Damascus in a Sufi khanaqah for some days. The witnesses stated that he had intended to proceed from Damascus to Aleppo but that his further whereabouts were unknown to them.
Text originalOriginal text
يقول الواضعون خطوطهم آخره من المشائخ والفقراء والعدول إنّهم
يشهدون شهادة لا يشكّون فيها ولا يرتابون أنّهم يعرفون الشّيخ عليّ بن الشّيخ
بدر الدّين اللذي المقيم بالقدس الشّريف أنّه سافر من القدس الشّريف مع رفاقه
ومشائخ وغيرهم إلى دمشق المحروسة في مستهلّ شهر شوّال سنة سبعين وسبع ماية في الطّاعون
وأنّه أقام بدمشق في خانقاه القصّاعين مدّة أيّام في خدمة الشّيخ والفقراء بها
وأنّه ذكر أنّه متوجّه إلى مدينة حلب لزيارة أخيه وأنّه لم يعلم بعد ذلك
له خبر ولا عرف أين يوجد بعد ذلك وبذلك وضعوا خطوطهم مسولين في العشر
الأوسط من شهر ربيع الأوّل سنة إحدى وسبعين وسبع ماية
أعرف الشّيخ عليّ المذكور أعلاه
وأشهد أنّه توجّه إلى دمشق في الطّاعون
صحبة المشائخ وغيرهم وأنّه أقام المذكور
بدمشق أيّام وذكر عليّ المذكور
أنّه يتوجّه إلى حلب لزيارة أخيه
كتبه عبد اللّه بن خضر الحنفيّ
أشهد بمضمونه
كتبه خليل بن محمّد الحنفيّ
أشهد أنّ الأمر على ما نصّ وشرح أعلاه
وكان الطّاعون بدمشق وضواحيها
كتبه عمر بن أبي القاسم الشّافيعيّ
أشهد بمضمونه
كتبه محمّد بن خليل الشّافعيّ
كذلك يشهد عبد اللّه
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
The undersigned elders, the poor and the righteous say that they
testify without doubt or doubt that they know Shaykh Ali bin Shaykh al-Shaykh
Badr al-Din, who resides in Jerusalem, that he travelled from Jerusalem with his companions
and other elders to Damascus at the beginning of the month of Shawwal in the year seventy-seventy-seven, during the plague
He stayed in Damascus in the Khanqah al-Qassa'een for a few days in the service of the sheikh and the poor in Damascus.
He mentioned that he was travelling to Aleppo to visit his brother and that he did not know after that
He did not know his whereabouts after that, and so they put their lines on the tenth of
The middle tenth of the month of Rabi al-Awwal in the year seventy-one and seven hundred and seventy-seven
I know the aforementioned Sheikh Ali
I testify that he travelled to Damascus during the plague
in the company of the elders and others and that he stayed
in Damascus for a few days and the aforementioned Ali mentioned
that he was travelling to Aleppo to visit his brother
Written by Abdullah bin Khadir al-Hanafi
I testify to its content
Written by Khalil bin Muhammad al-Hanafi
I testify that the matter is as stated and explained above
The plague was in Damascus and its environs
Written by Omar ibn Abi al-Qasim al-Shafi'i
I testify to its content
Written by Muhammad ibn Khalil al-Shafi'i
Abdullah also testifies
Ibn Muhammad al-Sharif
