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Date startStart date of the disease.	1258	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.		+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Damascus, Egypt
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country	Syria
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)
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text	French
KeywordFurther keyword(s)	Epidemics, Famine, Mortality
last edited	19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Famine and plague raged in the East.

Text originalOriginal text

Cette année, la famine et une maladie dangereuse, désolerent toutes les contrées de l’Orient.[…] Cette meme année, une maladie pestilentielle fit, en Syrie, de grands ravages. Il mourait, à Alep, douze cents personnes par jour. Und grand nombre d’ inhabitants de Damas fut victim de ce fléau

Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks 1845, pp. 77-78. 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

This year, famine and a dangerous disease devastated all the regions of the East. [...] In the same year, a pestilential disease caused great havoc in Syria. In Aleppo, twelve hundred people died per day. A large number of inhabitants of Damascus fell victim to this scourge.

Translation by Martin Bauch 2