1217-03-00-Cairo 002
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1217-03 | + |
| 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. | Alexandria, Cairo | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | Egypt | |
| 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 | Arabic, Hebrew | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Epidemics, Fasting, Fever, Prayers of supplication | |
| last edited | 29. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
A letter mentions that a disease raged in Cairo, dated on March 17, 1217.
Text originalOriginal text
מתטלעה אלי אללה סובחאנה ותעאלי
באלציאם וגירה ואלדעא אן יפרג' ען ישראל
מן אלדבר אלדי כאן ענדכם וכנא נדעו
אלי אללה אלא יעדמנא גאה סיידנא ולא
נט'רה לאן סיידנא אליום נר ישראל עלי
אלחקיקה ולא ארתפע שאננא גמיעא
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
A letter to Avraham Maimonides (d. 1237), the head of the Jews in Egypt (nagid), in Cairo, written by the teacher, cantor, and clerk Yehuda b. al-ʿAmmānī in Alexandria. Yehuda mentions that the Jewish community in Alexandria had been fasting and supplicating on behalf of the addressee's health and for God to lift the disease (Hebr. dever) that raged in Cairo and had afflicted Avraham, too. The letter is dated to the end of Adar 1528 Seleucid era (the month ended on March 17, 1217).
